Tow hook device

A motor vehicle, comprising:

• a body component;
• a frame component;
• and
• a tow hook device that includes:
• a base plate fastened to the body component and the frame component, the based plate having a surface oriented vertically in the motor vehicle;
• a U-shaped hook having a free hook end oriented normal to surface of the base plate and a fastening hook end opposing the free hook end, the hook being fastened to the surface of the base plate at the fastening hook end such that, in an installation position, orients the hook obliquely to the base plate in a vertical direction so that a connecting line between the free hook end and the fastening hook end forms a first angle which is not 90 degrees to the base plate;
• and
• a buckling bracket directly connected free hook end and to the surface of the base plate to connect which connects the free hook end to the base plate and thereby form a triangle with the base plate and the hook, the buckling bracket forming such that, in the side view, forms a second angle to the base plate that is closer to 90 degrees than the first angle, the buckling bracket being formed of a deformable material to enable deformation of the buckling bracket towards the surface of the base plate in response to receipt of a predefined compressive force from the free hook end.

A tow hook device for a motor vehicle, the tow hook device comprising:

• a base plate having a surface oriented vertically in the motor vehicle;
• a hook fastened to the surface of the base plate at a fastening hook end which opposes a free hook end that, in an installation position, is oriented normal to the base plate;
• and
• at least two buckling brackets, formed of a deformable material to enable deformation of the at least two buckling brackets in a direction towards the surface of the base plate in response to receipt of a predefined compressive force from the free hook end, the buckling bracket being directly connected at one end thereof to the surface of the base plate and an opposite end thereof to the free hook end to connect the free hook end to the base plate and thereby form a triangle with the base plate and the hook.