Patent ID: 6953175

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 an tip end opposite said first end; a guide cavity defined by the area between said first support member, said second support member, said base, and said first gate; a first means for rotation of said first gate on said distal end of said first support member, said first means for rotation of said first gate providing concurrent rotation of said tip to toward said guide cavity and lateral translation of said tip end toward said distal end of said first support member, to an insertion position; a second means for rotation of said first gate on said distal end of said first support member, said second means for rotation of said first gate providing concurrent rotation of said tip away from said guide cavity and lateral translation of said tip end toward said distal end of said first support member to a retraction position; means to bias said first gate away from said distal end of said first member to a default position placing said tip immediately adjacent to said distal end of said second member; and whereby said first gate, when in said default position, will rotate on said first means for rotation toward said guide cavity and concurrently translate toward said first member when force is exerted on a top side edge of said first gate and said first gate will rotate on said second means for rotation away from said guide cavity and concurrently translate toward said first member when force is exerted on a bottom side edge of said first gate, and said first gate will return to said default position when force on either of said side edges ceases.