Patent ID: 7003923

Claim:
A device for connecting together flat elements that are lying in a plane with at least one edge of a first flat element of the flat elements adjacent at least one edge of each of second and third flat elements of the flat elements, the device being connected to the first flat element and comprising at least two hook-shaped organs, a first hook-shaped organ of the at least two hook-shaped organs cooperating with a first contact on the second flat element and a second hook-shaped organ of the at least two hook-shaped organs cooperating with a second contact on the third flat element, each of the first and second hook-shaped organs being movable relative to the first flat element between a first position in which the flat elements are released from each other, and a second position in which the first and second hook-shaped organs engage the first and second contacts, wherein movements of the first and second hook-shaped organs from the first positions thereof to the second positions thereof cause the at least one edge of the first flat element to be pressed against the at least one edge of each of the second and third flat elements.