The invention relates to a device (50) for manually unlocking a holding mechanism (10) to which a load can be applied, comprising an operating element (62) which is to be operated manually for unlocking the holding mechanism (10) with an operating force becoming larger as the load increases, a conversion mechanism (64, 90) which includes a force transfer element (72) coupled to the operating element (62), and a trigger (66) coupled to the force transfer element (72), wherein in order to unlock the holding mechanism (10) the trigger is movable by the operating force transferred by the force transfer element (72) to the trigger (66) from a locked position in which the trigger (66) is operatively decoupled from the holding mechanism into an unlocked position in which the trigger (66) is operatively coupled to the holding mechanism in order to unlock said holding mechanism. The conversion mechanism (64, 90) includes an elastically deformable force limiter (80) via which the force transfer element (72) is coupled to the trigger (66) and which prevents the transfer of the operating force to the trigger (66) due to the elastic deformation thereof, if the operating force exceeds a predetermined force.
