Patent ID: 7725991

Claim:
A fastener for removably mounting an object to a mounting aperture of a panel, comprising: a fastener body defining an object aperture adapted to accept a member connected to the object; at least one elastic abutting flange disposed between the fastener body and the mounting aperture; a first plurality of cooperating finger members having individual ones of the first plurality of finger members extending from the fastener body into the object aperture at a first angle and adapted to slidably accept insertion of the member connected to the object into the object aperture and resist removal of the member from the object aperture; a second plurality of cooperating finger members having individual ones of the second plurality of finger members extending from each of the side members of the fastener body into the object aperture at a location closer to an open end of the object aperture than the first plurality of cooperating finger members and at a second angle greater than the first angle; each of the first and second plurality of finger members intersecting a central plane extending through the object aperture, the first and second angles being measured relative to the central plane.