Patent ID: 7904994

Claim:
A mounting device for connecting a finishing element to a body of an object, the mounting device comprising: a mounting tower fixable to the finishing element, the mounting tower having side walls and protrusions extending laterally from the side walls to form a receptacle between the side walls; a fastener for connecting the body of the object to the finishing element, said fastener having a shank and a head at an end of said shank; and an anchor for fixing said fastener to the mounting tower, the anchor comprising: an intermediate mounting element adapted to be interposed between the fastener and the mounting tower; and at least a coupler that extends from the mounting element and is insertable into the receptacle so as to be retained against the protrusions of the mounting tower, wherein the mounting element includes a first wall and a second wall opposite to the first wall and spaced from the first wall by a through seat in which the head of the fastener is receivable, and a cut-out portion formed through the first wall, said cut-out portion defining a passage that extends inwardly from a side edge of the first wall to a middle portion of the first wall, wherein the shank of the fastener is passable from the side edge to the middle portion of the first wall along said passage to insert the head of said fastener in the through seat.