Accessory support system

Abstract

In a support system for supporting objects on an air outlet register, a mounting body is provided with opposite spaced parallel front and rear walls and the rear wall includes adjustable clips for engaging ribs of the register for supporting the mounting body adjacent the register and the front wall of the body includes engagement means for engaging various objects or articles to be supported on the mounting body.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A support system for supporting objects on an air outlet register, comprising a mounting body having opposite spaced parallel front and rear walls, said rear walls being provided with clips for engaging ribs of said register for supporting said mounting body adjacent said register and said front wall including engagement means for engaging various objects to be supported on said mounting body.  
     
     
         2 . A support system according to  claim 1 , wherein said engagement means are claws adapted for reception in corresponding openings formed in said objects for engaging said objects with said mounting body.  
     
     
         3 . A support system according to  claim 1 , wherein said engagement means includes a front plate having a permanent magnet disposed therein for engaging and supporting an article including a magnetic material.  
     
     
         4 . A support system according to  claim 1 , wherein said engagement means includes a front plate having a U-shaped raised portion forming an open-ended recess for receiving a button-like support member as it is provided on certain objects.  
     
     
         8 . A support system according to  claim 1 , wherein the rear wall of said mounting body is provided with at least one slot having a predetermined width and said clips have roots with grooves having a width corresponding to the thickness of said rear body wall said receiving the edges of said rear wall forming said slots.  
     
     
         9 . A support system according to  claim 8 , wherein said slots each has an enlarged center area and the roots of said clips have several longitudinally spaced circumferential grooves with a groove core area of square cross-section and the root portions between and adjacent said grooves have a diameter corresponding to the width of the enlarged center area permitting the insertion of a selected one of said grooves into said slot in said rear body wall.  
     
     
         10 . A support system according to  claim 9 , wherein more than one such slot is formed in the rear wall of said mounting body said slots being arranged in spaced parallel relationship.