Patent ID: 7963426

Claim:
An attachment housing ( 10 ) for attaching an ancillary electrical component to a sighting device; the sighting device being fixable on a front side of a head covering, the housing including: the attachment housing ( 10 ) securable on a back side of the head covering, which is substantially opposite the first side, by a fixing component ( 9 ); a tensioning strap ( 6 ) extendable over the head covering; a clamping lever rotatably mounted on the attachment housing that tightens the tensioning strap ( 6 ) extended over the head covering; a clamping fixture for producing a retaining connection via the tensioning strap ( 6 ) at a front end to at least one of the front side and the sighting device, wherein a second end of the tensioning strap ( 6 ) is anchored in the clamping fixture and insertable into the attachment housing ( 10 ) and a cable ( 23 ) enclosed in the tensioning strap ( 6 ), the cable ( 23 ) is adjustable in the attachment housing ( 10 ) in a loop around the tensioning strap ( 6 ) so that the tensioning strap ( 6 ) can easily be pulled out on displacement of the tension strap ( 6 ) without damaging the cable ( 23 ).