Holding device made of plastic
AssigneeTRW United Carr GmbH & Co. KG
InventorWillibald Kraus
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Abstract
A holding device (1) made of plastic for attachment to a support for holding and supporting at least one tube-shaped body comprises an attachment portion (2) connectable to the support and a holding portion (3) of two half-dishes (4, 5) enveloping the tube-shaped body. The two half-dishes are connected with each other at the side next to the attachment portion (2). At the side opposite the attachment portion (2), the half-dishes are connected by at least one hinged element (6) while at the side next to the attachment portion (2) they are joined by a snap-in catch device (7) arranged within the attachment portion (2).
Claims30
In a holding device made of plastic for holding and fastening of at least one tube-shaped body to a support and including an attachment portion connectable to the support by insertion into a support opening and a holding portion for enveloping the tube-shaped body, with the holding portion comprising two dish-shaped elements which each terminate in first and second ends, the improvement wherein the attachment portion is comprised of two separate components, the first ends of the dish-shaped elements being connected by a hinge means and the second ends each separately connected to a separate component of the attachment portion, the separate components of the attachment portion being selectively connectable by a catch means formed in the components of the attachment portion that connects the two dish-shaped elements in relationship to envelope the tube-shaped body and subsequent to connection allows the attachment portion to be inserted into the support opening, one of the separate components of the attachment portion includes a slot that receives the other of the separate components of the attachment portion when the catch means is in the connected condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.