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A releasable clip is provided for releasably holding an elongated member. The clip comprises a body and a slide member. The body includes a shank which is insertable into an aperture on a panel when the clip is installed and a head member having a first seat portion offset from the shank and a first

A releasable clip is provided for releasably holding an elongated member. The clip comprises a body and a slide member. The body includes a shank which is insertable into an aperture on a panel when the clip is installed and a head member having a first seat portion offset from the shank and a first latch means. The slide member is slidably mounted on the shank and has a second seat portion offset from the shank which is positionable in opposed facing alignment with the first seat portion. The slide member is movable along the shank to a seat closed position wherein the first and second seat portions are mated together around an elongated member. The slide member also has a second latch means interlockable with the first latch means to secure the first and second seat portions together in the seat closed position.

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In a releasable clip (10) adapted to be inserted into an aperture (A1) of a panel from the outside thereof to retain an elongated member (T) which includes body (12), and a slide member (14): said body including: a shank (18) having a longitudinal axis (AX) for insertion into said aperture, said sha

In a releasable clip (10) adapted to be inserted into an aperture (A1) of a panel from the outside thereof to retain an elongated member (T) which includes body (12), and a slide member (14): said body including: a shank (18) having a longitudinal axis (AX) for insertion into said aperture, said shank having retaining means (44) to hold said shank in said aperture when said clip is in an installed position, a head member (16) on said shank and having, a first seat portion (20) offset from said axis, and a first latch means (24) which includes laterally spaced apart latch receiving recesses (26, 28); and said slide member (14) including; a second seat portion (21) defined by spaced apart resilient arms (31, 33), said second seat being offset from said axis and positionable in spaced opposed facing alignment with said first seat portion, a means (29, 23) for slidably mounting said slide member and second seat on said shank for axial movement toward and away from said head member into seat open and seat closed positions, a second latch means (37) mounted on each of said arms and releasably interlockable into said recesses by movement of said arms in a laterally outward direction, the resiliency of said arms permitting compression of said arms laterally toward each other during said axial seat closing movement so that said arms will, when in said seat closed position, assert an inherent laterally outward directed force (62) in opposite directions away from any elongated member mounted therebetween to maintain said latch means in said recesses; the improvement comprising; a first axial biasing means (51) mounted between said slide member and said panel which will be continually in compression between said slide member and said outside of said panel when said shank is secured in an installed position in said aperture to serve a dual function of exerting a constant axial force sufficient to bias said slide member in an axial direction parallel to the direction of said shank axis toward said head member to hold said retaining means in said aperture when said clip is in an installed position and constantly urge said second latch means into contact with said first latch means which contact translates said axial force into an additional laterally outward force that supplements and increases said inherent laterally outward force generated by the resiliency of said arms to increase the total amount of the laterally outward force available to hold said second latch means in engagement with said latch recesses when said slide member is in said seat closed position; and a fragile flashing (F) fixedly securing said slide member and shank together to temporarily maintain said first and second seat portions in said spaced opposed facing alignment until said flashing is broken when said sliding movement of said slide member is required, said slidably mounting means comprising a hub means canteleveredly mounting said second seat portion.