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A keeper (10) is adapted for installation on a rear panel of a truck cab for holding a pair of gladhands (18,20) and an electric plug (22). The keeper is a one-piece unitary structure of molded plastic. It comprises a pair of gladhand receptacle members (32,33) and a plug receptacle member (34). The

A keeper (10) is adapted for installation on a rear panel of a truck cab for holding a pair of gladhands (18,20) and an electric plug (22). The keeper is a one-piece unitary structure of molded plastic. It comprises a pair of gladhand receptacle members (32,33) and a plug receptacle member (34). The receptacle members are mounted on a panel of the cab by mounting brackets (24,26). The gladhand receptacle members (32,33) each defines a gladhand receptacle slot which receives a gladhand by insertion and rotation in a plane perpendicular to the mounting panel. The receptacle member (34) for the plug comprises a vertically disposed socket (50) between the pair of gladhand receptacle members (32,33).

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A gladhand keeper for mounting on a vertical panel of a truck cab having at least one air hose terminating in a first gladhand, said gladhand being of the type having a heel portion, a palm portion, and a finger portion, a fitting for an air hose at the heel portion with an air passage extending to

A gladhand keeper for mounting on a vertical panel of a truck cab having at least one air hose terminating in a first gladhand, said gladhand being of the type having a heel portion, a palm portion, and a finger portion, a fitting for an air hose at the heel portion with an air passage extending to an opening in the palm portion, said opening being surrounded by an annular seal, a first flange on the finger portion and a second flange on the heel portion, the first and second flanges being on opposite sides of said opening, said keeper comprising, mounting means defining a surface adapted to be seated against said panel, a body connected with the mounting means, said body having a first J-shaped receptacle member with a longer stem and a shorter stem connected by a transverse bar and defining a gladhand receptacle slot, the inner wall of said longer stem being adapted to receive the annular seal of the gladhand with the first flange being disposed between the stems and the second flange being disposed outside the longer stem, said slot having a length extending substantially parallel to said surface of the mounting means and having a depth extending substantially perpendicular to said surface, said inner wall of said longer stem being substantially perpendicular to said surface of the mounting means, whereby said gladhand may be inserted into said receptacle slot and rotated in a plane substantially perpendicular to said surface to interlock it with the first receptacle member.