Patent ID: 6263546
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: A45F,G02C,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for the removable retention of an item of personal property, comprising:(a) a back region for attachment to a surface;(b) a front region for engagement of the item;(c) a substantially vertical aperture region defined within and between said front and back region, said aperture region having: (1) a topward opening for initial, vertical, slidable engagement of at least a portion of the item and for retention of the item after engagement; and (2) a chamber region below said topward opening for containment of the at least a portion of the item after engagement; and(d) a resiliently compressable clutching assembly for the engagement and retention of the at least a portion of the item, said clutching assembly housed within and between said front and back region, and comprising an opposing pair of rollers, in which a portion of each of said rollers extends within said chamber region, at a radial distance from the centers of the rollers.