Patent ID: 7488179

Claim:
A holder for a component on a motor vehicle, the holder comprising: two holding elements including a first holding element and a second holding element, said holding elements for fastening independently of each other and at a distance from each other to the motor vehicle: said first holding element having at least one first latching element acting perpendicularly to a generally planar holding region of the motor vehicle and interacting perpendicular to a plane of the holding region with at least one first mating latching element being complementary thereto and formed on a first end side of the component; said second holding element having at least one second latching element acting parallel to the plane of the holding region and interacting parallel to the plane of the holding region with at least one second mating latching element being complementary thereto and formed on a second end side of the component, the second end side being remote from the first end side of the component; said second holding element having a receiving opening formed therein which is passed through parallel to the plane of the holding region by a protruding region, which is complementary thereto and formed on the second end side, of the component; and said receiving opening defined by an opening edge engaging around the protruding region at least on a side remote from the holding region.