Patent ID: 7798541

Claim:
Lid stay, comprising: a first arm ( 1 ) and a second arm ( 2 ), which are pivotably connected to each other around a pivot axis ( 3 ) between an open position and a closed position, a convex adjustment contour ( 4 ), which is provided on the first arm ( 1 ) and which extends around a centre axis ( 5 ) arranged parallel to the pivot axis ( 3 ) and is formed as a circular arc, when seen in a sectional view vertical to the centre axis ( 5 ), an adjustment slider ( 8 ), which is displaceably guided by means of the second arm ( 1 ) along an adjustment axis ( 9 ) and which has a straight support face ( 12 ) directed to the adjustment contour ( 4 ) and is elastically loaded in the direction towards the adjustment contour ( 4 ), a slide shoe ( 13 ), which is, with a concave first sliding face ( 14 ), in sliding contact with the adjustment contour ( 4 ) and which is, with a straight second sliding face ( 15 ), in sliding contact to the support face ( 12 ), wherein the first sliding face ( 14 ) extends in a circular arc around the centre axis ( 5 ) and has the same curvature as the adjustment contour ( 4 ), wherein the first arm ( 1 ) has an axial projecting bead ( 17 ) extending along the adjustment contour ( 4 ) and which engages in a correspondingly formed groove ( 18 ) of the slide shoe ( 13 ), and wherein the groove ( 18 ) forms the first sliding face ( 14 ).