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

Claim 0:
1. 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 a catching arm of the catching element forms a fixing wall portion, wherein a catching edge is formed at a free end of the catching arm of the catching element, and wherein the fixing wall portion is arranged spaced apart from and approximately parallel to the fastening wall such that the fixing wall portion and the receiving side bound the receiving region.