Patent ID: 7055784
Filing Date: 2006-06-06
Classification: B60R,F16B,F16L,H02G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A retaining clip for attaching at least one line to a support, comprising: a base; a first clip member mounted on the base for receiving at least one line and having a pair of arms attached to the base with free ends that are movable toward and away from one another between a predetermined opened position and a predetermined closed position, the first clip member having cooperable fastening elements for holding the free ends of the arms together in the closed position and being constructed to surround the at least one line when the free ends of the arms are held together; and a second clip member for mounting the first clip member on a support, the second clip member having a first part cantilevered from the base and including a channel with an entrance and an exit, the entrance being spaced remotely from the base and the exit being adjacent to the base, and a support-engaging surface, the second clip member also having a second part that includes an elongated flexible strip connected to the base at a location spaced from said support-engaging surface and being dimensioned for insertion into the entrance of the channel, through the channel, and out of the exit of the channel, the support-engaging surface being disposed to engage a side portion of the support opposite to another side portion of the support engaged by the strip where the strip extends from the base to the entrance of the channel, the flexibility of the strip being such that the strip can change shape as it extends from the base to the entrance of the channel, the channel and the strip having cooperable coupling elements for retaining the strip in the channel.