Patent ID: 7150438

Claim:
Holder ( 12 ; 60 ; 80 ; 102 ) for an object ( 14 ; 104 ), preferably for a fuel filter ( 104 ) for a motor vehicle, having two arms ( 24 , 26 ; 62 , 64 ; 82 , 84 ; 112 , 114 ) designed together to enclose the object ( 14 ; 104 ), the arms being positively connectable to each other at their respective first end by means of a first connection ( 28 ; 66 ; 116 ) and at their respective second end by means of a second connection ( 30 ; 68 ; 118 ), and having fastening means ( 52 ; 70 ; 72 ; 120 ) to fix the interconnected arms ( 24 , 26 ; 62 , 64 ; 82 , 84 ; 112 , 114 ) to a frame ( 16 ; 106 ), preferably to the motor vehicle, characterized in that the first connection forms an articulation that permits the arms to be opened and closed to receive and to enclose the object, and in that the fastening means comprise an opening ( 52 ; 70 ; 72 ; 120 ) in the arms ( 24 , 26 ; 62 , 64 ; 82 , 84 ; 112 , 114 ) arranged near the first connection ( 28 ; 66 ; 116 ) and remote from the second connection, into which opening a fastening element ( 18 ; 86 ; 108 ) is introducible that is connectable to the frame ( 16 ; 106 ) and by means of which the first connection ( 28 ; 66 ; 116 ) can be secured against loosening.