Patent ID: 7506903

Claim:
A lock for a motor vehicle, comprising: a lock latch displaceable upon closing of the lock by a closing element from an open position to a closed position; a spring element for urging the lock latch in the closed position; and a disengageable open-position retention element for retaining the lock latch in the open position in at least one of a frictional and formfitting manner; wherein, upon closing of the lock, the closing element disengages the open position retention element from the lock latch; a display device for indicating whether the lock latch is in the open position or in the closed position with a bolt having a radially expanded head part, which, in the open position of the lock latch presses against an edge area of a through opening on a portion of the lock latch, and is urged against the portion by a spring part, the bolt projecting into the through opening.