Cable holder for use in a vehicle body

Claim 1

A cable holder for laying cables along the lower surface of a panel or the like, comprising a retaining body having an upper wall and a pair of depending walls defining an axially elongated substantially U-shaped retaining groove having a lower open end for retaining cables therein, a head extending upright from the upper wall of said retaining body and being engaged in a mounting hole formed in said panel or the like, said pair of depending walls having inner stopper ridges adjacent said lower open end spaced at a distance substantially smaller than the transverse dimension of the remainder of said retaining groove for preventing the cables from escaping from said lower open end of said U-shaped groove, an arm portion united via a hinge to one of said pair of depending walls for closing the lower open end of said U-shaped groove, said hinge being positioned on said one depending wall axially outwardly of said stopped ridges in a direction away from said head so that said spacing of said stopper ridges and their resulting retention of cables inserted into said retaining groove are independent of the hinged motion of said arm portion, and locking means provided on the leading end of said arm portion and on an outer surface of the other of said pair of depending walls for locking said arm portion and the other of said of depending walls.