Retaining clip with multiple clamps

A one-piece, molded plastic retaining clip for holding a plurality of articles in spaced relationship to one another, the clip comprising:

• a plurality of retaining clamps, each clamp comprising a first and a second generally arcuate arm joined together at respective first ends by a hinge having a first and a second branch meeting at an apex, ends of the first and second branches distal from the apex being connected to the first and second arms respectively, the arms of each clamp movable about the hinge between a closed position in which second ends of the arms distal from the first ends are relatively close together and an open position in which the second ends of the arms are relatively far apart, the second ends of the arms having latching means molded integrally therewith and engagable with one another to hold the arms in the closed position;
• spacer means interconnecting the apexes of at least two of the hinges and maintaining the apexes of the at least two hinges in spaced relationship to one another;
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• brace means connecting each branch of a hinge with an adjacent branch of an adjacent hinge, the brace means restraining the first and second branches of each hinge against movement toward one another.