Clamp for mounting storage accessories

A clamp for mounting storage accessories to panel members comprising:

• a main clamp body having a torso section with upper and lower ends and a main wall member extending in a first direction from said torso section, the main wall member having a generally flat first panel interface surface;
• first accessory interface means located in said upper end of the torso section;
• second accessory interface means located in said lower end of the torso section;
• a jaw member telescopingly mounted to said torso section, said jaw member including a main clamp body interface member and a second section integral with said main clamp body interface member and having a generally flat second panel interface surface, said second panel interface surface being parallel to and spaced apart from said first panel interface surface;
• adjustment means for controlling telescopic movement of said jaw member relative to said main clamp body;
• a third accessory interface means including said jaw member, said third accessory interface means comprising a system of spaced lateral recesses in an outer perimeter of the second section of the jaw member to mate with a corresponding system of alternating flanges and recesses of an accessory to be secured to the clamp for an interlocking fitting.

A clamp for mounting storage accessories to panel members comprising:

• a main clamp body having a torso section with upper and lower ends and a main wall member extending in a first direction from said torso section, the main wall member having a generally flat first panel interface surface;
• first accessory interface means located in said upper end of the torso section;
• second accessory interface means located in said lower end of the torso section;
• a jaw member telescopingly mounted to said torso section, said jaw member including a main clamp body interface member and a second section integral with said main clamp body interface member and having a generally flat second panel interface surface, said second panel interface surface being parallel to and spaced apart from said first panel interface surface;
• adjustment means for controlling telescopic movement of said jaw member relative to said main clamp body;
• a third accessory interface means including said jaw member, said third accessory interface means comprising:
• a clamp-to-accessory interface secured to an accessory, said clamp-to-accessory interface including:
• a floor;
• a pair of parallel side walls;
• at least one upper ledge substantially covering a top of each of said side walls and extending inwardly from each of said side walls, said upper ledge, said side walls, and said floor forming a jaw-receiving channel having a jaw-member entrance at a first edge of said floor;
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• means for lockingly receiving said second section of the jaw member;
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• in said second section of the jaw member,
• an engagement means for engaging said means for lockingly receiving said second section of the jaw member.

A clamp for mounting accessories to furniture, comprising:

• a main clamp body having a generally spool-shaped section with a knob-receiving aperture centrally located therein and upper and lower opposing ends, respectively including first and second accessory interface means therein, and a generally rectangular section extending tangentially from said spool-shaped section, the rectangular section including a rear-facing flat panel interface surface;
• a jaw member having a first section telescopingly mounted to said spool-shaped section of the main clamp body, and a second section integral with said first section, and forming an angle of about 120° with said first section, said second section including a front-facing flat panel interface surface on a front side thereof being positioned parallel to said rear-facing flat surface interface of the rectangular section of the main clamp body, and remaining parallel to said rear-facing flat surface interface throughout the telescoping travel of the jaw member within the spool-shaped section of the main clamp body;
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• a knob member rotatingly received within said knob-receiving aperture, said knob member controlling a means for telescopingly actuating said jaw member within said spool-shaped section of the main clamp body.