Releasably secured mounting mechanism

Claim 1

A MECHANISM OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED COMPRISING IN PART A DETACHABLE DEVICE AND IN PART A MOUNTING BODY HAVING A FACE ENGAGEABLE BY SAID DEVICE, SAID BODY HAVING RETAINERS PROJECTING IN FIXED POSITION FROM SAID FACE FOR ENGAGING SAID DETACHABLE DEVICE, AND SAID DEVICE INCORPORATING A RECEPTACLE HAVING AN AXIS ADAPTED TO BE DISPOSED TRANSVERSE TO SAID BODY FACE, SAID RECEPTACLE COMPRISING A HUB AND AN ELONGATED FLANGE INTEGRAL THEREWITH AND SAID FLANGE BEING PROVIDED AT THE ELONGATION THEREOF WITH PORTS ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID RETAINERS, SAID RETAINERS PROVIDING RESISTANCE TO OPERATING TORQUE IN EITHER DIRECTION TENDING TO ROTATIVELY DISPLACE SAID RECEPTACLE, AND A SHEET METAL LOCK OF GENERALLY FLAT CONFIGURATION IN ITS ENTIRETY CONCENTRIC TO AND ON SAID RECEPTACLE IN JUXTAPOSITION TO SAID FLANGE AND HAVING PORTIONS ADAPTED TO INTERLOCK WITH SAID RETAINERS, SAID LOCK TENDING TO NORMALLY MAINTAIN ITS GENERALLY FLAT CONDITION AND BEING IN SUCH FLAT CONDITION WHEN IN JUXTAPOSED ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID RECEPTACLE FLANGE AND WITH SAID LOCK PORTIONS INTERLOCKING WITH SAID RETAINERS AS WELL AS WHEN FULLY RELEASED THEREFROM, SAID LOCK ADAPTED TO BE MOMENTARILY RESILIENTLY FLEXED OUTWARDLY FROM THE FLANGE FROM ITS FLAT CONDITION IN FINAL APPROACH TO AND INITIAL DEPARTURE FROM ITS LOCKING POSITION, AND COOPERATIVE PROJECTION AND RECESS INTERLOCKING MEANS PROVIDED BY AND BETWEEN SAID RECEPTACLE AND LOCK FOR RELEASABLY LOCKING SAID LOCK AND FOR OBTAINING SAID FLEXING OF THE LOCK BY FORCEFUL ROTATION OF SAID LOCK, WHEREIN THE RECESS RECEIVES SAID PROJECTION AT LOCKING PROJECTION OF SAID LOCK, ONE AT LEAST OF SAID RECESS AND PROJECTION HAVING A SLOPE IN DIRECTION OF ROTATION OF SAID LOCK BY WHICH THE CLOCK IS FLEXED AND LIFTED TO THE HEIGHT OF SAID PROJECTION WHEN ROTATED IN SAID FINAL APPROACH TO AND INITIAL DEPARATURE FROM LOCKING POSITION.