Abstract: A clamping device for releasably hanging articles from an object. The device includes a pair of generally parallel plates having a pair of opposed and generally parallel side surfaces, biasing means to hold the plates together and to urge the opposed side surfaces toward one another, attachment means to secure the device to the object, and manually operable displacement means that, when engaged, overcomes the force of the biasing means and causes the plates to be displaced apart from one another so as to receive an article therebetween. When the manually operable displacement means is disengaged, the biasing means urges the plates toward one another such that the article is secured between the opposed side surfaces. The manually operable displacement means may be comprised of a pair of wedges positioned on opposite ends of the plates.