Patent ID: 7156230

Claim:
A device for holding hose clamps in a predetermined position, wherein the hose clamps each have a clamping part projecting radially away from a circumference of the hose clamps and wherein the clamping part has a projection extending in the circumferential direction, the device comprising: a rail having a longitudinal slot configured to receive the clamping part of the hose clamps via an open end of the longitudinal slot, wherein the longitudinal slot has an edge configured to support the projection, wherein the longitudinal slot has an open cross-sectional area matching a contour of the clamping part and the projection when viewed in an axial direction of the hose clamp, and wherein the longitudinal slot is undercut, such that the longitudinal slot is comprised of a radially extending portion and a circumferentially extending portion wherein the radially extending portion extends radially beyond the circumferential portion.