Patent ID: 6234706
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A locking device, component, and wall arrangement, the component being rectilinearly displaceable in an opening in a wall, the wall having a first surface, a second surface and a thickness, the first surface and the second surface being opposite surfaces, the component including a catch groove, comprising:a catch spring coupled with the catch groove, the catch spring including a spring wire, the catch spring having a first leg and a second leg, the first leg being in contact with the first surface of the wall, the second leg being in contact with the second surface of the wall, the first leg and the second leg being disposed at an angle with respect to each other so that a distance between the first and the second legs somewhat exceeds the thickness of the wall and tapers to achieve a press fit of the catch spring against the wall, the first leg including two opposite parts creating an elastic contact with the component, the catch groove and the catch spring being mutually adaptable so that as the component is shifted in the opening in the wall a corresponding exclusively elastic bending of the first and the second legs occurs.