Patent ID: 7614590

Claim:
Attachment device to be fitted astride a metal support in the form of a beam or a bar comprising: a single piece of metal having: a U-shaped flange having a top face, a front face and two side faces forming a jaw equipped with rigid top arms and bottom arms, the top face being formed by a portion of each top arm folded at right angles, a bottom which is open over the whole depth of the flange, a gap extending longitudinally in the middle of the top face up to a passage enabling an element fixed to an inside wall of the front face to be inserted, a series of spigots staggered along said top arms, a pair of flexible teeth acting as springs at terminal parts of the rigid bottom arms so as to urge the support against the spigots on the top arms without requiring the use of specific tools, and securing means for fixing or suspending various elements, wherein the two teeth are folded at right angles towards an outside of the gap separating the two side faces, each tooth being able to bend downwards by flexible deformation when the jaw is inserted on the support.