Patent ID: 8047581

Claim:
A temporary closure device for an opening element on a fixed chassis part of a motor vehicle, said opening element comprising a housing for receiving a lock and said fixed chassis part comprising at least one tapped hole for fixing a strike, the device comprising: a plastic body equipped with mounting means for mounting the device in said at least one tapped hole, a limit stop element disposed at a first end of the device and configured to cooperate with a first rim of the housing as the opening element is being closed, a means for retaining said opening element in a closed position against the fixed chassis part, the means for retaining said opening element being: disposed at a second end of the device, and configured to penetrate the housing behind a second rim of the housing, the means for retaining being formed by a resilient tongue which can bend under stress from the second rim when the opening element is moved from a free position to the closed position thereof, wherein an area of the body that essentially corresponds to a base of the tongue extends into a plate which is suspended above a recessed area, the plate and the tongue being connected by means of an arch which is connected to the tongue in a middle of the tongue and to the plate at a free end of the plate forming a flexible connection.