Patent ID: 8370999

Claim:
A clip for holding a first and a second piece together, the first piece having an opening in which the clip is received and the second piece having a tang for insertion in the opening, said clip comprising: a summit base; a pair of external lateral legs returned elastically in a lateral direction towards an outside of said clip, said external legs engageable with the first piece upon axial insertion of said external legs in the opening; a pair of internal lateral legs, each disposed adjacent to an associated said external leg and defining, in combination with said summit base, a central space for axial insertion of the tang between said internal legs, each said internal leg having a catch element projecting into said central space for retaining the tang in said central space; each internal leg further including elastic elements for lateral displacement of the corresponding said catch elements between a locked position in which said catch elements project inside said central space for axial blocking of the tang and a tang release position in which said catch elements are disposed away from said central space; actuating means for displacing said catch elements towards said locked position, said actuating means actuable by snapping said clip in the first piece; and each internal leg further comprising a first portion connected to said summit base and extended by a second portion bent backwards towards the outside of said clip in direction of said summit base, each backward bent portion comprising an elastically deformable folding zone and a blade carrying the corresponding said catch element, said folding zone positioning the blade when partially inserted within the opening laterally between said first portion of said adjacent external leg, while a portion of said blade is positioned laterally at a level of a clipping hook carried by said external leg.