Patent ID: 9635919
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: A44D,A45C,Y10T

Claim:
1. A closure device for connecting two parts, comprising a first connecting module and a second connecting module, wherein: each of the first and second connecting modules comprises a base body having opposing front and rear faces, opposing proximal and distal side surfaces defining an X direction extending therebetween, and opposing first and second side surfaces defining an Y direction extending therebetween, the Y direction being directed perpendicular or at an oblique angle with respect to the X direction; the first connecting module is constituted to be arranged on the second connecting module in the X direction, wherein at least one of the first connecting module and the second connecting module comprises a plug-in portion extending along the distal side surface thereof, having two opposing front and rear faces each defining a latching recess longitudinally extending in the Y direction, and the other of the at least one of the first connecting module and the second connecting module comprises a corresponding spring locking element extending along the distal side surface thereof, having two opposing elastically resilient arms each having an inwardly extending latching protrusion longitudinally extending in the Y direction, the plug-in portion and the spring locking element together forming a mating latching arrangement, wherein the plug-in portion acts onto the spring locking element when arranging the first connecting module on the second connecting module for elastically deflecting the arms of the spring locking element in a Z direction transverse to the X and Y directions until the latching recesses and the latching protrusions snap into engagement with each other such that, in a closed position, the first connecting module is mechanically locked with the second connecting module with respect to forces acting onto the first connecting module against the X direction; the first connecting module is releasable from the second connecting module by tangentially moving the plug-in portion along the spring locking element in the Y direction; and the closure device further comprises a form-fit element protruding along the Y direction from a side surface of the plug-in portion of the at least one of the connecting modules, the form-fit element engaging with a corresponding recess extending along the Y direction within a side surface of a protrusion element protruding from the distal side surface of the other one of the at least one of the connecting modules, after establishing the latching of the first connecting module with the second connecting module, by moving the first connecting module relative to the second connecting module against the Y direction, in order to lock, in addition to the latching arrangement, the first connecting module in the closed position with the second connecting module with respect to forces acting onto the first connecting module against the X direction, wherein the form-fit element establishes a positive connection against the X direction by engaging into the recess; and the first connecting module is to be attached to the second connecting module by an offset in the Y direction, and is to be moved against the Y direction by the offset for bringing the form-fit element in engagement with the corresponding recess.