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Invention provides a self latching, object-holding fixture designed to release a held object whenever the object is turned slightly in either direction. Fixture has a shaped housing and the object to be held has a mated opening of a similar matching shape. Placing an object to be held locks the obje

Invention provides a self latching, object-holding fixture designed to release a held object whenever the object is turned slightly in either direction. Fixture has a shaped housing and the object to be held has a mated opening of a similar matching shape. Placing an object to be held locks the object to the fixture by spring-loaded latching action. The fixture housing covers a fixed spring holding base that is anchored by any suitable means to a support surface. Covering that fixed-position base, except for exposed spring-loaded keeper latches, is a rotatable casing having a pair of spring compression cam surfaces carried by the casing. Using a cam follower action, these cam surfaces selectively cause the spring to collapse in response to the rotation of the casing holding in either direction of casing rotation. As the object/casing is turned slightly, this cam follower/spring collapse action releasably disengages the keepers from the object being held.

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1. A self latching and self releasing object-holding fixture that both latches and releases an object in response to arc-limited rotational object movement, said fixture comprising:an object-receiving casing which is rotationally moveable with the object being rotated in either rotational direction

1. A self latching and self releasing object-holding fixture that both latches and releases an object in response to arc-limited rotational object movement, said fixture comprising:an object-receiving casing which is rotationally moveable with the object being rotated in either rotational direction through said arc-limited movement; a self-latching radially exposed and retractable split keeper in said casing, said keeper being inwardly moveable in response to an object being placed over said casing for self-latching the object; and said keeper being split into a two-section pair, with one section of said split keeper spreadable into said casing and the other section being concealable within the rotated casing itself for releasing the object in response to said limited-arc movement.