Hardware retention clip

A method of closing a device comprising:

• providing a device having a plurality of apertures on opposing open portions of the device;
• providing a retention clip comprising:
• a support surface having an aperture extending through the support surface, wherein the support surface surrounds an entire perimeter of the aperture;
• and a plurality of angled tabs extending from the support surface in non-parallel directions towards the aperture, wherein portions of each angled tab are disposed directly below the aperture, and the tabs are elastic below a preset load placed on the tabs;
• inserting a fastener through the device apertures;
• inserting the fastener through the aperture of the retention clip;
• closing the opposed open portions of the device against one another by moving the fastener along the device apertures and along the retention clip aperture during which threads of the fastener move axially against the tabs causing the tabs to elastically snap back and forth, while the tabs are below the preset load, between and over the axially moving threads;
• and
• securing the tabs of the clip fixedly against the threads of the fastener with the elastic tabs below the preset load in order to keep the portions of the device closed.