Mercedes-benz Aktiengesellschaft

Ernst Fischer

Hans Gotz

A releasable fastening device, especially for attachments on convertibles, by means of which the attachment can be snapped reversibly without further aids to the convertible body. A hook part connected pivotably to the attachment via a tensioning device can be hooked at a body part bordering a receptacle on the convertible body and can be braced against the receptacle by means of the tensioning device, after which the fastening device is fixed in its end position by means of a beyond dead-center position of the tensioning device. Distance tolerances between the receptacle and attachment can be compensated by a change of length within the tensioning device. The tensioning device is formed only by a flexural spring which is pivotably mounted at one end on the hook part and at the other end on the attachment.

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Boblingen, Germany

Ernst Fischer