Patent ID: 6960194

Claim:
A needle protecting device for an injection device, said needle protecting device comprising: a) a sleeve-shaped base body; b) a needle protecting sleeve which is mounted, axially slidably, on said base body; c) wherein, in a protective position, said needle protecting sleeve surrounds an injection needle of said injection device and, in a second position, exposes said injection needle; d) a first blocking means and a second blocking means, of which one is connected non-sliding to said needle protecting sleeve and the other is connected non-sliding to said base body; e) wherein, in said protective position of said needle protecting sleeve, a blocking mesh is formed by said blocking means pushing axially against each other and so preventing said needle protecting sleeve from sliding into said second position; f) and a safety-release means for releasing said blocking mesh, wherein g) said first blocking means is formed by an elastically bendable latch which is connected rigidly to said needle protecting sleeve or said base body; h) and in that said blocking mesh of said blocking means is released by bending said latch against a restoring force generated in said latch by bending it.