CONNECTING MEANS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A CONNECTION BETWEEN A FIRST COMPONENT AND A SECOND COMPONENT

摘要

In order to produce a connecting means for connecting a first component and a second component particularly for connecting furniture parts or machine parts which will enable two components to be connected to one another by means of a reliably releasable connection without giving rise to the danger of damaging the two components during the assembly process wherein the device comprises a first connecting element that it arranged on the first component in the connected state of the components and a second connecting element that is arranged on the second component in the connected state of the components and wherein at least one of the connecting elements comprises a curved bearing surface which is in the form of an arc of a circle in longitudinal section, it is proposed that the first connecting element and the second connecting element be connected to one another in releasable manner in the connected state of the components and that at least the first connecting element should comprise a housing and at least one holding element which is moveable relative to the housing of the first connecting element and which, in a holding position, cooperates with the second connecting element in such a way that a relative movement of the first connecting element and the second connecting element along a direction of connection is prevented, and which, in a release position, permits a relative movement of the first connecting element and the second connecting element along the direction of the connection wherein at least one holding element is movable from the holding position into the release position and/or from the release position into the holding position by an action taken outside the connecting means and wherein the housing (188) of the first connecting element comprises a curved bearing surface (190) that is in the form of an arc of a circle in longitudinal section, and a substantially flat bearing surface (194) which is located opposite the aforesaid bearing surface and is arranged to abut the second connecting element (186).