Patent ID: 7156429

Claim:
A retainer for an adjustment device for an over-center fastener for securing and clamping two parts together by applying a pulling force between said two parts by a lever, said adjustment device comprising: an externally threaded member and an internally threaded member rotatable relative to one another, said internally threaded member being a lock nut having a friction increasing insert and being unrotationally held by a structure movable with the lever, wherein said structure is a bent sheet metal structure having a generally inverted U-shaped portion including opposed flange portions and a web portion the flange portions being linked to a respective flange portion of the lever and the web portion carrying an integral extension, a first portion of said extension being bent at substantially 90° so as to extend along and abut a respective forwardly directed edge of the flange portions, a second portion of said extension being bent at 90° in relation to the first portion, and a third portion of said extension being further bent at 90° in relation to the second portion; flap portions originally extending in opposite directions from the third portion being bent towards the first portion so as to be mutually parallel, thus forming a nut retaining pocket.