Patent ID: 8215599

Claim:
A fastening device for securing an appliance within a receiving frame in an interior of a motor vehicle, the receiving frame having a built-in opening formed therein into which the appliance can be introduced on a horizontal introductory plane along an installation direction, and the appliance being locked releasably in an end position in the receiving frame, the fastening device comprising: at least one retaining device formed by at least one projection and mounted on the receiving frame: at least one latching hook mounted on the appliance and being movable in a direction of a surface normal of the introductory plane being a vertical direction and, in an end position, said latching hook engaging behind said at least one retaining device such that the appliance is locked in the end position in the receiving frame against a movement counter to the installation direction, said at least one latching hook having at least one cutout formed therein, said latching hook having two parallel latching hooks latching with said projection by means of a translatory movement; and a spring element, said latching hook is prestressed transversely with respect to the installation direction by said spring element.