Patent ID: 8272109

Claim:
A retaining device for retaining an object comprising: a. a strap having opposite and identical first strap face and second strap face and having opposite and identical first strap end and second strap end; b. the strap being flexible and elongate; c. a platform having opposite first planar face and second planar face and a platform body between the first and second planar faces; d. a retaining member having a first portion, a second portion, and a middle portion connecting the first portion and the second portion; e. the middle portion of the retaining member being embedded within the platform body; f. the first portion having a first head protruding from the platform body substantially normal to the first planar face; g. the first portion having a first transition connected to the first head; h. the first portion having a first body connected to the first transition; i. the first portion having a first end connected to the first body; j. the second portion having a second head protruding from the platform body substantially normal to the first planar face; k. the second portion having a second transition connected to the second head; l. the second portion having a second end connected to the second transition; m. the strap having a plurality of bores of sufficient size such that the first end can be passed through any bore; n. the strap being operatively connected to the first portion by passing the first end through at least one of the bores; o. the retaining member being of a sufficiently stiff, elastic, and resilient material such that, when the first portion is not stressed, the first end of the first portion of the retaining member is a distance away from the second portion, wherein the distance is substantially equal to half the width of the first strap face less half the width of a bore; and p. an adhesive permanently fixing the second planar face to a surface.