Patent ID: 8220190

Claim:
A holding device ( 1 ) for a poster-shaped information carrier ( 7 ), comprising: a) two sheet segments ( 2 ) for receiving the information carrier ( 7 ) therebetween, at least one of the sheet segments ( 2 ) being transparent in order for the information carrier to be visible, and b) a base ( 3 ) for the insertion of the two sheet segments ( 2 ), characterized in that c) a means ( 4 , 37 ) is provided for maintaining a gap ( 20 ) between the two sheet segments ( 2 ) for receiving the information carrier ( 7 ), d) the thickness of the sheet segments ( 2 ) corresponds to a clear width between a side member ( 31 ) and a web ( 37 ); e) the sheet segment ( 2 ) has respectively in the region of the base ( 3 ), on both outer edges, a first recess ( 22 ); f) a clearance cut ( 23 ) extends beyond the first recess ( 22 ) along the outer edge, on the one hand continuously as far as the bottom edge ( 24 ) and on the other hand over a short distance in the direction of a second recess ( 21 ); and g) outside the base ( 3 ), the sheet segment ( 2 ) has at least on one of its outer edges the second recess ( 21 ), which serves as a grip recess for the grasping of an information carrier ( 7 ) present in the holding device ( 1 ) and/or for the application of a clamping part ( 5 ) to the information carrier ( 7 ).