a device for attaching a retaining plate to a furniture surface which includes a rigid retaining plate which is subject to loads , such as to a moment tending to rotate it about an edge . a flexible anchor plate is secured to the furniture surface by a releasable adhesive . the rigid retaining plate and the flexible anchor plate have an interlocking structure which removably connects them together , specifically projections and recesses , which releasably lock the plates together with the under surface of the rigid retaining plate in substantial engagement with the upper surface of the flexible anchor plate . a moment applied to the retaining plate is resisted by the entire body of adhesive , since the anchor plate is prevented from flexing by the rigid retaining plate . upon separation of the retaining plate from the anchor plate , the flexible anchor plate may be peeled from the furniture surface .