Organizer including resilient retaining members

An organizer, comprising:

• a housing having a first end, a second end, and a channel extending along at least a portion of the housing between the first end and the second end,
• the housing including at least one divider along at least a portion of the channel to partition the channel into at least two areas;
• and
• a plurality of retaining members coupled to the housing using the channel, each retaining member operable to exert a retaining force upon one or more adjacent retaining members,
• wherein the plurality of retaining members includes a hookless coupling segment conformal to the channel for coupling the retaining members to the housing, and
• wherein the coupling segments are H-shape.

An organizer for holding objects, comprising:

• an elongated housing having generally H-shape channel therein,
• an opening along a wall of the housing into the channel,
• resilient retaining members having legs,
• the legs of at least some adjacent retaining members provide a resilient force to urge the retaining members toward each other, and
• the legs of the retaining members having generally H-shape coupling segments coupled to the housing using the channel for retention of the retaining members to the housing.

A method of assembling an organizer that includes

• a housing including a first end, a second end, and a channel extending along at least a portion of the housing between the first end and the second end,
• the channel having at least one divider along at least a portion of the channel to separate the channel into at least two areas;
• and
• a plurality of retaining members having a pair of legs flexibly connected to each other at a curved portion that resiliently urges the legs apart to exert a retaining force upon one or more adjacent retaining members and a hookless coupling segment at the end of each leg conformal to the channel for coupling the retaining members to the housing,
• the method comprising
• coupling a plurality of retaining members to the housing using the channel, the coupling including the steps of:
• folding a retaining member about the curved portion so as to place the ends of the pair of legs in close proximity;
• inserting the ends of the pair of legs into the channel;
• and
• rotating the retaining member to couple the hookless coupling segments in the channel thereby to hold the retaining member in the channel.

An organizer, comprising:

• a housing having a first end, a second end, and a channel extending along at least a portion of the housing between the first end and the second end,
• the housing including at least one divider along at least a portion of the channel to partition the channel into at least two areas;
• and
• a plurality of retaining members coupled to the housing using the channel, each retaining member operable to exert a retaining force upon one or more adjacent retaining members,
• wherein the plurality of retaining members includes a hookless coupling segment conformal to the channel for coupling the retaining members to the housing,
• the hookless coupling segment being removable from and reinsertable into the channel at the front of the channel for, respectively, removal from and reattachment to the housing.