Patent ID: 7717382

Claim:
A pole accessory mounting system, comprising: a hand-releasable clamp having a pole interface that is adjustable in width, the hand-releasable clamp constructed and arranged to mount to a body portion of a pole between a first end and a second end of the pole; and a pole accessory being constructed and arranged to be coupled to the hand-releasable clamp; and an adapter that couples the pole accessory to the hand-releasable clamp, wherein the hand-releasable clamp comprises a first body portion and a second body portion, at least one of the first and the second body portions of the hand-releasable clamp pivoting relative to the adapter, and wherein one of the first and second body portions of the hand-releasable clamp includes a latching arm that extends from the body portion of the hand-releasable clamp, the latching arm including an engagement feature, and wherein the other of the first and second body portions of the hand-releasable clamp includes multiple engagement tabs, the width of the pole interface being adjustable according to the one of the multiple engagement tabs that is engaged with the engagement feature.