Patent ID: 7866010

Claim:
A holding device for a breathing mask for connecting the mask to a protective helmet with fastening hooks on both sides of the breathing mask that can be hooked into hook receptacles form on the outside of the protective helmet, wherein the fastening hooks are connected to the breathing mask through a length-adjustable, slack tightening strap, including stop elements formed in the area of the fastening hook to hold the fastening hook in hooked-in position, and sliding elements stretch beyond the stop elements and are positioned at an offset, and a grip end that includes a recess that is molded to the fastening hook and a retainer piece that is molded to the tightening strap, said retainer piece positively fits into the recess while the stop elements are molded to a free surface of the retainer piece and the sliding elements are molded to lateral edges of the recess formed in the grip end.