Patent ID: 7210658

Claim:
A gated retainer comprising: a first support member extending to a distal end from a base; a second support member extending to a distal end from said base; means of attachment of said base to a surface; a first gate, said first gate having a first end and a tip end opposite said first end and having a top side edge and a bottom side edge; a first means for rotation of said first gate on said distal end of said first support member, said first means for rotation having a primary axis pin attached to said distal end of said first support, said primary axis pin engaged in a first curved slot running adjacent to said top edge of said first gate; a second means for rotation of said first gate on said distal end of said first support member said second means for rotation having a secondary axis pin attached to said distal end of said first support, said secondary axis pin engaged in a second curved slot running adjacent to said bottom edge of said first gate; a guide cavity defined by the area between said first support member, said second support member, said base, and said bottom side edge of said first gate; means to bias said first gate to a default position placing said tip end adjacent to said distal end of said second member; said first gate rotatable toward said guide cavity to an insertion position with said tip end immediately adjacent to said first support member; said first gate rotatable away from said guide cavity to a retraction position with said tip end immediately adjacent to said distal end of said first support member; and whereby said first gate, when in said default position, will rotate to said insertion position when force is exerted on said top side edge, and said first gate will rotate to said retraction position when force is exerted on said bottom side edge, and said first gate will return to said default position when force on either of said side edges ceases.