Article clamp

Claim 1

A releasable retainer adapted for retaining a first wire having a first diameter or several second wires having a second diameter smaller than said first diameter, said retainer comprising: an integral plastic body defining an elongate base extending between first and second ends of said base along a longitudinal axis and having a generally flat interior base surface, a hinge upstanding from said base first end and cantilever-supported by said base, said hinge having an arcuate interior surface engageable with said first wire along an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, an rigid beam catilever-supported by said hinge at one end with a free end opposite thereto and including a first flat interior surface portion continuous with said hinge interior surface for engagement with said first wire so as to clamp said first article between said first flat interior surface and said arcuate surface of the hinge upon movement of the beam towards the body, said beam further including a second interior surface which cooperates with said base surface to engage said several second wires along said axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis when said second interior and said base surfaces are parallel, and means releasably retaining said free end of the beam at a predetermined plurality of poisitons so as to allow for adjustably retaining the free end therein.