Patent ID: 8366189

Claim:
A coupling/uncoupling device for a first segment and a second segment of a transmission means, a connection means, or a combination thereof, comprising a spherical end fitting being arranged on the first segment, and a cylindrical sleeve-shaped receiver for receiving the spherical end fitting along a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical sleeve-shaped receiver, and for capturing the spherical end fitting in a snap-like manner, wherein the cylindrical sleeve-shaped receiver comprises an opening, the size thereof being able to be altered in a reversible manner, and a piston-like slider, which is displaceable within the cylindrical sleeve-shaped receiver along the longitudinal axis, the piston-like slider comprising on its axial surface facing the opening a tab-like extension extending a peripheral surface of the piston-like slider and being capable of reducing the opening, wherein the second segment cooperates with the piston-like slider to enlarge a cross-section of the opening.