Patent ID: 7780133

Claim:
An element for suspending an object from a ceiling, comprising a fastening element ( 20 ) for securing the suspending element to the ceiling; a wire section ( 12 ) for supporting the suspended object and having one end thereof formed as an eyelet ( 15 ), wherein the eyelet-shaped end ( 15 ) of the wire section ( 12 ) is subjected to a spring force acting radially outwardly; a support member ( 11 ) for supporting the wire section ( 12 ) and having a pot-shaped receptacle ( 21 ) for receiving the eyelet-shaped end ( 15 ) of the wire section ( 12 ) and having a recess ( 17 in a circumferential wall ( 22 ) thereof through which the wire section ( 12 ) is extendable; a lead-in ( 13 ) for the fastening element ( 20 ) and having an abutment ( 14 ) functioning as a stop for the fastening element ( 20 ) during an attachment of the suspending element to the ceiling; and clamping means for securing the eyelet-shaped end ( 15 ) of the wire section ( 12 ) in the pot-shaped receptacle ( 21 ).