Patent ID: 7497487

Claim:
A latch housing mounting assembly, comprising: a housing member having a plurality of walls; a retainer member having walls for contacting an object to which the housing is to be mounted, said retainer member walls extending beyond to be outboard of the walls of the housing, wherein said retainer member is oriented to receive said housing member; wherein one of either said housing member or said retainer member being a first member having at least one aperture on a wall facing the other member being a second member; wherein the said second member has at least one rack of sequentially positioned one-way ratchet track teeth mounted on at least one projecting post outstanding from a wall facing said first member; and wherein the said first member has an internal wall bordering partially about the periphery of said aperture and a ratchet member having a ratchet tooth positioned to engage a respective rack of one-way ratchet track teeth; wherein when said second member is pushed together with said first member each said projecting post of said second member carrying a respective rack of said sequentially positioned one-way ratchet track teeth extends through a respective aperture of said first member to engage a respective ratchet tooth to hold said members together.