Patent ID: 7189043

Claim:
A retainer for holding a component, said retainer comprising: a wall; a pocket configured for capturing at least a portion of the component therein, said pocket defining an entrance opening through which the component is inserted into the pocket, said pocket having opposed channels in spaced relation, and said entrance opening being at ends of said channels; an open space opposite said wall such that said pocket is located between said wall and said open space so that when the component is held by said retainer in said pocket, a portion of the component projects from said pocket through said open space; a blocking element having an end fixed to said wall, and a distal end in said opening, said blocking element being deflected to allow entrance to said pocket; and a tether having an end anchored to said wall in a position spaced apart from said fixed end of said blocking element, and a second end, said second end being connected to said blocking element near said distal end, said tether being configured to cooperate with deflection of said blocking element to allow entry of the component into said pocket, and said tether being further configured to restrain said blocking element in a direction away from said pocket so as to securely capture the component within said pocket.