Patent ID: 7641426

Claim:
A device for fixing an object to a rail by means of a fitting (P 1 , P 2 , P 3 , P 4 ) which is moveable with a sliding body ( 1 ) along the rail in a groove and has a retainer ( 2 , 2 . 1 , 2 . 2 ) which can be lowered into at least one lateral groove depression in the rail, with the retainer ( 2 , 2 . 1 , 2 . 2 ) being connected by means of a connecting element ( 11 . 1 , 11 . 2 ) to the sliding body ( 1 ), wherein the retainer ( 2 , 2 . 1 , 2 . 2 ) is supported relative to the sliding body ( 1 ) and/or relative to a rotary element ( 17 , 17 . 1 , 27 ) by means of at least one force store ( 19 , 21 , 31 ) and holds the retainer ( 2 , 2 . 1 , 2 . 2 ), as pressurized, fixedly in at least two height positions relative to the rail.