Products for releasable attachment of articles

Abstract

Hand/wrist mounted products suited to releasably mount a variety of articles to a person. In one approach, the device can have a flexible, adjustable and fastenable strap having an article attachment bracket; an article attachment mount that is slidably and releasably mountable to the strap article attachment bracket; and at least one article attached to the article attachment mount. The article attachment bracket can be a tab hingedly attached to an exterior surface of the strap/glove on a first end and having a releasable attachment to the strap at a second opposite end; and the article attachment mount having a passageway to receive a portion of the tab at a first opening and, wherein the tab releasable attachment extends through the passageway beyond a second passageway opening. The tab releasable attachment can be a hook and loop fastener.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A device for releasable attachment of articles, comprising:
 a flexible, adjustable and fastenable strap having an article attachment bracket;   an article attachment mount that is slidably and releasably mountable to the strap article attachment bracket; and   at least one article attached to the article attachment mount.   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the strap is fastenable on a hand/wrist of a person and the article attachment bracket has a backing plate mounted to the strap and a tab mounted to the backing plate with a protuberance releasably and slidably mountable to the article attachment mount;
 the article attachment mount having a receptacle with a passageway for receiving the article attachment bracket; and   the attachment mount receptacle having a recess for receiving the tab protuberance at a predetermined mounted position of the tab to the attachment mount receptacle.   
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 2 , wherein the strap has an inner and outer layer laminate joined at peripheral edges of each layer defining a strap interior cavity having an interior surface and wherein the backing plate of the article attachment bracket is disposed and mounted within the interior surface of the cavity, the article attachment bracket extended through an outer layer opening to an exposed surface of the strap. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the article is a base having a peripheral wall with an interior surface and an inner lip along a perimeter edge of the cup. 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 4 , wherein the peripheral wall forms an open ended container having a releasable lid to enclose the open ended container. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 5 , wherein the container has an interior surface further comprising a recessed area to receive a work tool. 
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 5 , wherein the base has a mounting lip around a periphery of the wall configured to receive a matching mounting groove of an additional attachable article. 
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the article is a base attached to a paper palette having a plurality of paper sheets having four corners, wherein the sheets are bound at at least three corners by a pressure sensitive adhesive. 
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the article is mountable and releasable and selected from the group consisting of: at least one stackable container, a container lid, a work tool, a cell phone bracket, a paper palette, and combinations thereof. 
     
     
         10 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein
 the article attachment bracket is a tab hingedly attached to an exterior surface of the strap on a first end and having a releasable attachment to the strap at a second opposite end; and   the article attachment mount having a passageway to receive a portion of the tab at a first opening and,   wherein the tab releasable attachment extends through the passageway beyond a second passageway opening.   
     
     
         11 . The device of  claim 10 , wherein the tab releasable attachment is a hook and loop fastener.