Patent ID: 6839943

Claim:
Fastening device on a plastic attachment for a motor vehicle, comprising a socket formed integrally on the attachment for a part to be fastened to the attaching means of a snap fastening, the part, like the attachment, having no resiliently deformable snap fastening element, and with a plug-in element with resiliently deformable snap fastening elements for position-fixing snap fastening to the part to be fastened, on the one hand, and to the receiver on the attachment, on the other hand, the plug-in element being made for insertion into the receiver, wherein: a) the receiver of the attachment has for the engagement of at least one of the snap-fastening means of the plug-in element substantially oppositely lying, circumferentially defined arms with at least one opening each with respect to the direction of insertion of the plug-in element to achieve the snap fastening in question, b) the plug-in element is provided with pockets for the engagement of the arms of the receiver of the attachment in which the arms are held in position on all sides with freely terminating end areas in a plane perpendicular to the direction of insertion of the plug-in element.