Patent ID: 7044018

Claim:
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 wherein the slide slides along a bushing extending through the housing; and the bushing is covered by a cover on the side opposite to the engaging element and the cover has one or more openings for the at least one release member.