Patent ID: 7044018
Filing Date: 2006-05-16
Classification: F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A connecting element for releasably connecting a first part with a second part, comprising: a) a housing which is rigidly attached to the first part; b) an engaging element attached to the second part; c) a slide with a receiving element complementary shaped to the engaging element for releasable connection of the engaging element with the receiving element, the slide being slidable inside the housing from a first position to a second position for latching together the engaging element and the receiving element; d) at least one latch for fixing the slide in the second position; e) at least one release member extending outwardly of the housing for manually acting onto the at least one latch to release the slide from the second position for unlatching the releasable connection between the engaging element and the receiving element in order to separate the two parts from each other; and