Apparatus for holding and organizing articles

A holding-and-organizing apparatus for holding and storing articles, the apparatus comprising:

• a) at least one support element having a forward wall configured with at least one slot, said slot being defined by spaced apart substantially parallel edges, said forward wall having a wall thickness, wherein an inner space is formed behind said forward wall;
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• b) at least one holder element comprising:
• i. a base having two sides, a first end and a second end;
• ii. a position-retaining mechanism;
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• iii. an article support arm having an article holding portion,
• wherein said position-retaining mechanism includes a pair of springy lower walls that extend from each of said sides of said base, away from said base and both in the same direction, starting at and proximal to said first end of said base, and wherein a lower gap is formed between said springy lower walls;
• wherein said position-retaining mechanism further includes a pair of unlocking leaves, wherein each said unlocking leaf extends from a respective said springy lower wall;
• wherein a ridge is formed on an external surface of each said springy lower wall, at a border line between said springy lower wall and said respective unlocking leaf, and wherein a width measured between two respective ridges is larger than a width between a plurality of external virtual lines formed on the external surface of each said springy lower wall immediately adjacent to said respective ridges, and wherein an upper gap is formed between said unlocking leaves, and wherein said upper gap and said lower gap facilitate motion of said unlocking leaves towards each other and thereby motion of said springy lower walls towards each other;
• wherein all said ridges have substantially equal distance from respective said base sides;
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• wherein said inner space is configured to receive a portion of said position-retaining mechanism;
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• wherein said springy lower walls are configured so as to be elastically deformable between a relaxed state and a compressed state, such that in said compressed state said position-retaining portion is insertable through said slot into said inner space, and wherein upon insertion of said springy lower walls through said slot, as the ridges pass the edges of the slot, said springy lower walls are released toward said relaxed state and said ridges engage with a plurality of inner rims of said slot and an inner surface of said front wall proximal to said inner rims of said slot, and wherein the external surface of said unlocking leaves, proximal to said ridge, engage said edges of said slot, thereby retaining said holder element in position on said support element at substantially any point along said slot.