Patent ID: 8297572

Claim:
An apparatus for insertion into a board having a slot to enable items to be hung thereon, the apparatus comprising: a body having a first surface that faces a board having a slot in which the apparatus is installed and the body having a second surface opposite the first surface; an upper leg extending from the first surface of the body in a first direction, the upper leg having an installation configuration and a locked configuration; a finger disposed along the length of the upper leg and including a first portion and a second portion, in the installation configuration the first portion extending away from the body and at a first upward angle for a first distance, the second portion extending from a distal end of the first portion a second distance at a second upward angle that is substantially perpendicular to the first upward angle and toward a rear surface of the board, the second portion terminating in a shoulder configured to abut the rear surface of the board, and the upper leg and the finger forming a notch configured to receive an edge of the slot in the board and allow rotation of the body about the edge during installation of the apparatus in the slot, and the finger being bent at a junction of the finger and the upper leg to place the finger in a locked configuration, the finger being bent in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the length of the upper leg to place the finger substantially flush against the rear surface and extending substantially parallel to the rear surface of the board; and a lower leg, separate from the upper leg, in the installation configuration extending from the first surface of the body in the first direction and having a shoulder extending downwardly from said lower leg, and the lower leg being bent along the length of the lower leg in a direction opposite that of the finger to place the lower leg in the locked configuration, the lower leg being substantially flush against the rear surface and extending substantially parallel to the rear surface of the board in the locked configuration, the upper and lower legs in the installation configuration being configured for insertion of both the upper and lower legs into a single slot in the board to thereby independently secure the body to the board without the aid of another component.