Patent ID: 8047482

Claim:
Device for securing an object on a holder, which device comprises: (i) fixation means comprising: a platen to be fixed to one of the walls of the object to be secured, and tightening means for tightening the fixation means to the holder, the tightening means being pivotable relative to the platen about an axis (N) so that they can be folded back against the platen in a folded position and raised perpendicularly to said platen in a raised position, said tightening means having a lateral exterior face which faces the platen in the folded position of the tightening means, and (ii) locking means provided to lock the tightening means in the use position perpendicular to the platen, wherein the locking means comprise a tab mobile between a first, stowed position in which, when the tightening means are in the raised position, a bearing surface of said tab is placed against the lateral exterior face of said tightening means and blocks said tightening means in the raised position, and a second, drawn out position in which said tab allows the tightening means to pivot freely towards the platen while passing in front of the drawn out tab so that, in the folded position of the tightening means, the tab faces or bears against a face of the tightening means different from the lateral exterior face.