Patent ID: 7311330

Claim:
A holding device for a motor vehicle safety means with a component which can be displaced out of a rest position suddenly into an action position, comprising: a holding element; a latch which fixes the component in the rest position and which acts on the holding element of the component, wherein the latch is pivotable around a pivot axis and is thereby movable into an engagement position which holds the component, and into a release position which releases the holding element and thus the component; a ratchet arrangement which holds the latch in the engagement position, wherein the ratchet arrangement is movable into a holding position which holds the latch in the engagement position, and into a release position which releases the latch, the ratchet arrangement further comprising: ratchet kinematics, and a displaceable blocking element, wherein, when the ratchet arrangement is in the holding position, the blocking element prevents movement of the latch from the engagement position into the release position, and by moving the latch in the direction of the release position, the ratchet kinematics is moved and the displaceable blocking element blocks the movement of the ratchet kinematics caused by the latch.