Patent ID: 7607632

Claim:
A device for fixing a fastening ring to a support member, comprising: a base configured to bear on a surface bordering at least one opening of predetermined shape in said support member, said base including a pivotal mounting element for a ring; at least one foot carried by said base, said foot adapted to be inserted in an axial direction into the at least one opening in said support member said foot including: a first pair of mutually opposed lugs extending from said base, a crossmember disposed between the lugs of said pair, and a second pair of mutually opposed lugs each connected exclusively to the base and separated by a slot, wherein said crossmember that faces the lugs of said second pair includes a wedge pointing toward said slot, wherein the lugs of said first pair are configured to bend when said crossmember is driven toward the base, and wherein the lugs of said second pair are configured to flex outward when the wedge of said crossmember is pushed into said slot; and at least one rod, said rod configured to enter a bore formed through said base and between said lugs of said second pair of said foot and engage with said crossmember, to drive it toward the base; and each of said lugs of said first pair including a first section on the side of said base whose height in said axial direction corresponds to that of said support member and a thinner second section away from said base, each of said lugs of said first pair having, internally, a shoulder transverse to said axial direction and uniform over the whole of the width of said lug, said shoulder forming a transition between said first section and said second section.