Patent ID: 8573720

Claim:
A guide rail which can be fixed to horizontally running rods, which are bent away at an angle in an end region, of a side grid of a baking oven, a dishwasher or similar appliances, the guide rail comprising: a quick-action fixing device including both a front and a rear retaining element which are each fixed in the end regions of the guide rail and configured to be detachably fastened to a single horizontally running rod of the side grid; wherein both of the front and the rear retaining elements have a first clip-type retaining section, which partially engages around the running rod in its longitudinal extent region, and a second clip-type retaining section, which partially engages around the running rod in its angled end regions, wherein the second clip-type retaining section of the rear retaining element is open in the direction of the rear side of the guide rail, such that the rail together with the quick-action fixing device are configured to be pushed and fixed onto one of the running rods, proceeding from the front side of the side grid, and wherein the front retaining element is provided with a securing lug which is integrally formed on a resilient tongue and has an entry slope which is inclined with respect to the horizontal, wherein the securing lug is connected to a spring limb which enables deflection of the securing lug in the horizontal direction, and, when the guide rail is in the assembled state, the securing lug engages behind one of the horizontally running rods on a side of the running rod which is remote from the guide rail, wherein a positive lock is provided between the front retaining element and the horizontally running rod once the guide rail has been pivoted against the running rod, the entry slope slides over the underside of the running rod, and the securing lug springs upward, and wherein the guide rail can be detached from the positive lock with that running rod only when the securing lug is initially pressed downward manually, wherein the front and rear retaining elements are punched and bent single pieces.