Patent ID: 11897400
Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 7:
8. A carrier apparatus for fixing a water-collecting strip to an A-pillar of a motor vehicle, comprising
a fastening wall having a fastening side and a receiving side, wherein at least one catching means is arranged on the fastening side of the fastening wall for releasably connecting with the A-pillar, which catching means extends in an approximately orthogonal direction from the fastening side, and wherein the catching means is formed for insertion and rearward catching in a through-opening of the A-pillar, and
a catching element device arranged opposite the receiving side having at least one catching element for releasably fixing the water-collecting strip in a receiving region, wherein the receiving region is formed between the receiving side of the fastening wall and the catching element;
wherein
the carrier apparatus comprises a fixing wall having a fixing side, wherein the fixing wall is arranged spaced apart approximately parallel to the fastening wall, and wherein the receiving side of the fastening wall and the fixing side of the fixing wall bound the receiving region, and wherein at least one catching element extending into the receiving region is arranged on the fixing wall for releasably fixing the water-collecting strip in the receiving region.