Device for removable attachment of an accessory to a vehicle

A device for the removable attachment of an accessory to a vehicle, comprising one plate intended to be rigidly connected to the vehicle and another plate to which the accessory is intended to be rigidly connected, the plates being able to be removably attached to one another,

• one of the plates, referred to as the female plate comprising:
• at least two lateral centering guides positioned projecting on an interlocking face of the plate along two first opposite sides thereof, the lateral guides each being provided with an inclined plane so as to define, with the interlocking face of the plate, a female interlocking profile, and
• the other plate, referred to as the male plate comprising:
• at least two inclined planes formed along first opposite sides of the plate, so as to form, with an interlocking face of the plate, a male interlocking profile capable of cooperating with the female interlocking profile of the female plate, each inclined plane being capable of cooperating with an inclined plane of the lateral centering guides of the female plate;
• the device further comprising a mechanical and automatic centering and locking system comprising:
• at least two centering and locking members comprising a flat surface positioned along second sides of one and/or the other plate and at least one of which is movable between a locked position, in which the plates are locked together while eliminating play, and an unlocked position, in which the plates are unlocked from one another, the movable centering and locking member being forced into the locked position in the absence of external intervention;
• and
• at least two inclined planes formed along second sides of one and/or the other plate and each capable of cooperating by contact with the flat surface of the associated centering and locking member, so as to simultaneously ensure centering and locking together of the plates, the flat surface of the movable centering and locking member being decoupled from the inclined planes when the movable centering and locking member is in the unlocked position.