Patent ID: 7389940

Claim:
A method for attaching a guide rail to a substrate with a floating mount comprising the steps of: a) providing a guide rail having a rail base; b) providing at least one fixing device having at least one flexible element and a stop including forming the flexible element with a base support retaining at least one flexible strip unit and forming the base support with a crescent shaped top strip unit having an apex line; c) attaching the rail base to a substrate with the at least one fixing device by installing the base support between the guide rail and the substrate and positioning the rail base on the apex line whereby when the guide rail is temporarily subjected to a deforming force moving the guide rail relative to the substrate in a deforming direction, the at least one flexible element is deformed; and d) when the deforming force exceeds a predetermined limit, limiting further movement of the guide rail in the deforming direction with the stop.