Article support construction

Claim 1

An article support construction adapted for use on an upstanding pegboard having a plurality of holes arranged in equidistantly-spaced horizontal rows and vertical columns and adapted to support a headed tool thereon, said article support construction comprising a base of predetermined longitudinal extent and having substantially flat front and rear surfaces, at least three mounting prongs on one edge of said base, each of said prongs including a first finger extending from said rear surface and disposed substantially normal thereto and having a predetermined length and including a second finger on the outer end of said first finger and extending therefrom in a direction opposite to said base, each of said mounting prongs being spaced from an adjacent mounting prong by a predetermined distance, a plate integral with the edge of said base opposite said one edge thereof and directed substanTially normal to the front surface of said base and substantially equal in longitudinal extent thereto, a plurality of spaced-apart reinforcing webs formed at the junction of said base and said plate to strengthen said junction, said plate having at least one opening therein, the rear surface of said base bearing in use against the front surface of the associated pegboard, with said first fingers extending through associated holes in the pegboard and said second fingers extending upwardly behind the pegboard, thereby to mount said plate on the pegboard in cantilever fashion, said opening receiving in use the shank portion of a headed tool to be supported with the head of the associated tool supported by the upper surface of said plate.