Peg retaining device

A peg retaining device for preventing the pegs from falling out of the holes in the pegboard. The peg retaining device includes a retainer having a generally planar back side and also having a top, a bottom, and a front side, and being adapted to mount over a portion of at least one peg on a pegboard for securely retaining the at least one peg to the pegboard; and also includes fastening members being disposed through the retainer and being adapted to securely and removably engage in holes of the pegboard.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a peg holding member for a pegboard and more particularly pertains to a new peg retaining. device for preventing the pegs from falling out of the holes in the pegboard.

2. Description of the Prior Art

The use of a peg holding member for a pegboard is known in the prior art. More specifically, a peg holding member for a pegboard heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.

While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new peg retaining device. The inventive device includes a retainer having a generally planar back side and also having a top, a bottom, and a front side, and being adapted to mount over a portion of at least one peg on a-pegboard for securely retaining the at least one peg to the pegboard; and also includes fastening members being disposed through the retainer and being adapted to securely and removably engage in holes of the pegboard.

In these respects, the peg retaining device according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of preventing the pegs from falling out of the holes in the pegboard.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of peg holding member for a pegboard now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new peg retaining device construction wherein the same can be utilized for preventing the pegs from falling out of the holes in the pegboard.

The general purpose of the present invention, which will be. described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new peg retaining device which has many of the advantages of the peg holding member for a pegboard mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new peg retaining device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art peg holding member for a pegboard, either alone or in any combination thereof.

To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a retainer having a generally planar back side and also having a top, a bottom, and a front side, and being adapted to mount over a portion of at least one peg on a pegboard for securely retaining the at least one peg to the pegboard; and also includes fastening members being disposed through the retainer and being adapted to securely and removably engage in holes of the pegboard.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new peg retaining device which has many of the advantages of the peg holding member for a pegboard mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new peg retaining device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art peg holding member for a pegboard, either alone or in any combination thereof.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a new peg retaining device which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new peg retaining device which is of a durable and reliable construction.

An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new peg retaining device which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such peg retaining device economically available to the buying public.

Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new peg retaining device which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new peg retaining device for preventing the pegs from falling out of the holes in the pegboard.

Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new peg retaining device which includes a retainer having a generally planar back side and also having a top, a bottom, and a front side, and being adapted to mount over a portion of at least one peg on a pegboard for securely retaining the at least one peg to the pegboard; and also includes fastening members being disposed through the retainer and being adapted to securely and removably engage in holes of the pegboard.

Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new peg retaining device that effectively keeps the hooks from falling out of the holes of the pegboard.

Even still another object of the present invention is, to provide a new peg retaining device that is easy and convenient to use by homeowners and retail store merchants.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through 4 thereof, a new peg retaining device embodying the principles and concepts of the present invention and generally designated by the reference numeral 10 will be described.

As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 4 , the peg retaining device 10 generally comprises a retainer 11 having a generally planar back side 12 and also having a top 14 , a bottom 15 , and a front side 13 , and being adapted to mount over and cover a portion of at least one peg 28 on a pegboard 26 for securely retaining the at least one peg 28 to the pegboard 26 . The retainer 11 includes at least one groove 18 , 19 disposed in the back side 12 thereof and extending through the top 14 and the bottom 15 thereof. The at least one groove 18 , 19 is adapted to receive an intermediate portion of the peg 28 with the retainer 11 being generally an elongate block-like member being adapted to engage the at least one peg 28 between itself and the pegboard 26 . The retainer 11 includes holes 16 , 17 disposed therethrough from the front side 13 to the back side 12 and near ends thereof with, the retainer 11 having a length of approximately 2 inches, and width of approximately inch, and a thickness of approximately inch.

Fastening members 20 , 23 are disposed through the retainer 11 and are adapted to securely and removably engage in holes 27 of the pegboard 26 . The fastening members 20 , 23 are removably extended through the holes 16 , 17 of the retainer 11 . Each of the fastening members 20 , 23 has an elongate portion 21 , 24 and a head portion 22 , 25 with the elongate portion 21 , 24 of each fastening member 20 , 23 having a tapered end for facilitating entry of the fastening member 20 , 23 in a hole 27 of the pegboard 26 and with the head portions 22 , 25 of the fastening members 20 , 23 being integrally connected to one another. As a first embodiment, the at least one groove 18 , 19 includes a groove 18 centrally disposed in the back side 12 of the retainer 11 . As a second embodiment, the at least one groove 18 , 19 includes a pair of grooves 18 , 19 being spaced apart.

In use, the user inserts a peg 28 into one of the holes 27 in the pegboard 26 and places the retainer 11 over the intermediate portion of the peg 28 with the intermediate portion being received in the groove 18 , 19 of the retainer 11 . The user then inserts the fastening members 20 , 23 through the holes 16 , 17 of the retainer 11 and into the holes 27 of the pegboard 26 to securely engage and fasten the peg 28 to the pegboard 26 .