Patent ID: 8026462

Claim:
A combination of a fastening element and a supporting element, comprising: the fastening element for attaching a part, such as a cooking hob, to the supporting element, such as a frame supporting or surrounding the cooking hob; whereby the fastening element comprises a spring configured to be secured to the supporting element by a locking element which is disposed on the spring and which engages into a first recess in the supporting element; wherein: an end of the spring, which is free from contact with the supporting element when the spring is mounted to the supporting element, has a gripping portion for holding the part; the spring is embodied as an element which is bent in a leaf-shaped manner; another end of the spring, which is remote from the free end, has a width which is reduced in relation to a width of a region of the spring which is bent in a leaf-shaped manner; the width-reduced end of the spring penetrates in a second slit-shaped recess in the supporting element when the spring is mounted to the supporting element; and a width of the second slit-shaped recess is smaller than the width of the region of the spring that is bent in a leaf-shaped manner.