Abstract: The holding device comprises a part provided at each of its ends with a lug, each lug being caught between the walls of a groove of elongated shape formed in a casing and capable of having a translational and rotational motion, each groove having adjacent at least one of its ends a zone of narrowed cross-section with elastic walls, and each casing being intended for securement to the corresponding element of the jointed assembly to which the device of the invention is applied.