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An apparatus attaches a first object to a second object in a manner that the first object can be located in a desired orientation with respect to the second object. The apparatus includes an engaging member detachably mounted to the second object, e.g., a bicycle handlebar. The apparatus further in

An apparatus attaches a first object to a second object in a manner that the first object can be located in a desired orientation with respect to the second object. The apparatus includes an engaging member detachably mounted to the second object, e.g., a bicycle handlebar. The apparatus further includes a fixing member to which the first object, e.g., a headlamp of a bicycle or cellular phone bag is attached. The headlamp or cellular phone bag can be mounted to the engaging member in a desired orientation. The engaging member remains on the handlebar when reattaching the headlamp or cellular phone bag to the engaging member.

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What is claimed is: 1. An attachment apparatus comprising: a fixing member to which a first object is releasably attached; an engaging member adapted to be releasably attached to a second object, the engaging member comprising a polygonal member having at least two pairs of parallel sides, with the

What is claimed is: 1. An attachment apparatus comprising: a fixing member to which a first object is releasably attached; an engaging member adapted to be releasably attached to a second object, the engaging member comprising a polygonal member having at least two pairs of parallel sides, with the fixing member being selectively releasably engaged with one of said at least two pairs of parallel sides of the engaging member and thus located in one of at least two orientations with respect to the engaging member, wherein the fixing member comprises a first side to which the first object is attached, with the fixing member further comprising a second side opposite to the first side of the fixing member, an elastic member being attached to the second side of the fixing member, a clamp member being attached to the elastic member and comprising a press end and a clamp end, the clamp end of the clamp member being biased by the elastic member to engage with the second side of the fixing member, the clamp end of the clamp member being moved away from the second side of the fixing member when the press end is pressed, wherein the engaging member comprises a passage; a fastening strap extending through the passage, the fastening strap including a first end and a second end; a sleeve being securely attached to the first end of the fastening strap; a gap being defined between the first end of the fastening strap and the sleeve; and a screw being rotatably mounted in the sleeve, with the fastening strap including a plurality of retaining grooves in a side thereof, with the second end of the fastening strap extending through the gap with the screw engaging with several of said retaining grooves such that rotation of the screw in a direction causes the fastening strap to tightly clamp the second object and that rotation of the screw in a reverse direction causes the fastening strap to be loosened from the second object. 2. The attachment apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the clamp member comprises a groove in a side facing away from the elastic member, the groove being selectively, releasably, and slidingly engaged with one of said at least two pairs of parallel sides of the engaging member. 3. The attachment apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the polygonal member comprises an upper face and a polygonal peripheral wall having said at least two pairs of parallel sides, a positioning groove being defined in the upper face of the polygonal member. 4. The attachment apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second object is a bicycle handlebar. 5. The attachment apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the first object is a cellular phone bag. 6. The attachment apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the engaging member comprises an arcuate bottom face for embracing a bicycle handlebar. 7. An attachment apparatus comprising: a fixing member to which a first object is releasably attached, with the fixing member having a wall and first and second parallel ribs projecting outwardly from the wall, with a groove being defined by the wall and the first and second parallel ribs; an engaging member adapted to be releasably attached to a second object, the engaging member comprising a polygonal member having a polygonal peripheral wall defined by at least two pairs of parallel sides, with the groove of the fixing member being selectively, releasably and slideably engaged with one of said at least two pairs of parallel sides of the engaging member with said one of said at least two pairs of parallel sides of the polygonal member slideably captured in a first direction by the first and second parallel ribs and another of said at least two pairs of parallel sides of the polygonal member slideably captured in a second direction nonparallel to the first direction by the first and second parallel ribs and thus located in one of at least two orientations with respect to the engaging member; and an attaching member for releasably attaching the engaging member to the second object, wherein the second object is a bicycle handlebar, wherein the first object is a cellular phone bag, wherein the fixing member comprises a first side to which the cellular phone bag is attached, with the fixing member further comprising a second side opposite to the first side of the fixing member, an elastic member being attached to the second side of the fixing member, a clamp member being attached to the elastic member and comprising a press end and a clamp end, the clamp end of the clamp member being biased by the elastic member to engage with the second side of the fixing member, the clamp end of the clamp member being moved away from the second side of the fixing member when the press end is pressed. 8. The attachment apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein the clamp member comprises the groove in a side facing away from the elastic member. 9. The attachment apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein the polygonal member comprises an upper face, and a positioning groove being defined in the upper face of the polygonal member. 10. The attachment apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the press end of the clamp member comprises a U-shaped slot, thereby defining a resilient tongue having a free end, the resilient tongue having a protrusion for engaging with the positioning groove of the polygonal member when the fixing member is engaged with the engaging member, the protrusion of the resilient tongue being disengaged from the positioning groove of the polygonal member when the free end of the resilient tongue is pressed. 11. The attachment apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the positioning groove is polygonal and extends along the polygonal peripheral wall of the polygonal member. 12. An attachment apparatus comprising: a fixing member to which a first object is releasably attached, with the fixing member having a wall and first and second parallel ribs projecting outwardly from the wall, with a groove being defined by the wall and the first and second parallel ribs; an engaging member adapted to be releasably attached to a second object, the engaging member comprising a polygonal member having at least two pairs of parallel sides, with the groove of the fixing member being selectively, releasably and slideably engaged with one of said at least two pairs of parallel sides of the engaging member slideably captured in a first direction by the first and second ribs and another of said at least two pairs of parallel sides of the polygonal member slideably captured in a second direction nonparallel to the first direction by the first and second ribs and thus located in one of at least two orientations with respect to the engaging member; a positioning groove formed in the polygonal member; and a protrusion formed on the fixing member for releasable engagement with the positioning groove for selectively preventing the disengagement of the grooves of the fixing member from the parallel sides of the engaging member, wherein the polygonal member comprises an upper face and a polygonal peripheral wall having said at least two pairs of parallel sides, with the positioning groove being defined in the upper face of the polygonal member spaced from said at least two pairs of parallel sides. 13. The attachment apparatus as claimed in claim 12, further comprising an attaching member for releasably attaching the engaging member to the second object. 14. The attachment apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein the attaching member is a quick release. 15. The attachment apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein the first object is a headlamp. 16. The attachment apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein the engaging member comprises an arcuate bottom face for embracing a bicycle handlebar. 17. The attachment apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the positioning groove is polygonal and extends along the polygonal peripheral wall of the polygonal member. 18. An attachment apparatus comprising: a fixing member to which a first object is releasably attached; and an engaging member adapted to be releasably attached to a second object, the engaging member comprising a polygonal member having at least two pairs of parallel sides, with the fixing member being selectively releasably engaged with one of said at least two pairs of parallel sides of the engaging member and thus located in one of at least two orientations with respect to the engaging member, wherein the fixing member comprises a first side to which the first object is attached, with the fixing member further comprising a second side opposite to the first side of the fixing member, an elastic member being attached to the second side of the fixing member, a clamp member being attached to the elastic member and comprising a press end and a clamp end, the clamp end of the clamp member being biased by the elastic member to engage with the second side of the fixing member, the clamp end of the clamp member being moved away from the second side of the fixing member when the press end is pressed, wherein the clamp member comprises a groove in a side facing away from the elastic member, the groove being selectively, releasably, and slideably engaged with one of said at least two pairs of parallel sides of the engaging member, wherein the polygonal member comprises an upper face and a polygonal peripheral wall having said at least two pairs of parallel sides, a positioning groove being defined in the upper face of the polygonal member, wherein the press end of the clamp member comprises a U-shaped slot, thereby defining a resilient tongue having a free end, the resilient tongue having a protrusion for engaging with the positioning groove of the polygonal member when the fixing member is engaged with the engaging member, the protrusion of the resilient tongue being disengaged from the positioning groove of the polygonal member when the free end of the resilient tongue is pressed. 19. The attachment apparatus as claimed in claim 18, wherein the positioning groove is polygonal and extends along the polygonal peripheral wall of the polygonal member.