Patent ID: 7533852

Claim:
Retaining clip for simultaneous fastening of a plurality of approximately parallel-running, elongate articles to a structure, having a base part, wherein the base part having a top side, bottom side, end sides, front side and rear side, comprising receivers for retaining the elongate articles, having first and second extending upwardly and generally parallel partitions mounted on top side of the base part and between two receivers, wherein the receivers having U-shaped extending from front side and rear side of the base part; and at least one first latching finger coupled to the first partition at one side facing toward to one of the receivers adjacent the front side and at least one second latching finger coupled to the second partition at the other side facing toward to the other receiver adjacent rear side of the receiver; wherein the width of the first and second latching fingers are smaller than the width of the first and second partitions and the first latching finger is arranged offset relative to the second latching finger in such a way that no overlapping occurs between the first latching finger and the second latching finger on the partitions, wherein an elbow is disposed between the first and second partitions, the elbow having a length about the length of the first and second partitions and defining an aperture therethrough, and wherein on both sides of each of the partitions are two or more vertically offset latching fingers disposed therein.