Blind boss ball socket assembly

A ball socket assembly comprising:

• a ball socket comprising:
• a socket base having a plurality of socket legs extending therefrom, wherein the socket legs include ball stud interface surfaces forming a ball cavity for receiving and selectively engaging a ball head of a ball stud;
• a plurality of slots extending between the plurality of socket legs;
• a lower abutment wall having a bend line and situated in the socket base;
• and
• a flexible securing substrate having a plurality of tangs and positioned under the lower abutment wall and substantially centered about the bend line, wherein the tangs extend outward from the socket base;
• and
• a mating boss substrate comprising:
• a first boss inner passage having a first passage inside diameter;
• a second boss inner passage having a second passage inside diameter, wherein the first passage inside diameter is greater than the second passage inside diameter;
• a boss transition wall that extends between the first boss inner passage and the second boss inner passage;
• and
• a boss bottom situated under the second boss inner passage;
• wherein when the ball socket is inserted into the mating boss substrate, the tangs abut the boss transition wall and bend about the bend line to engage with the second boss inner passage and retain the ball socket to the mating boss substrate.