leg means may be arranged outside the line of pulling force between the holding means and the loop forming connecting member in such a way that the hooking engagement element is pivoted into the hooking engagement position by the shedding means such as the heald or harness train that design configuration means that the hooking engagement element is caused to pivot into the hooking engagement position without the use of additional components such as springs or the like by virtue of the pulling force of the shedding means of the textile machine the arrangement may also be such that the hooking engagement element is pivoted in the opposite direction that is to say towards the electromagnet means by the shedding means of the machine another advantageous feature of the invention provides that the hooking engagement element comprises a main body portion with a hooking means formed at one end thereof a support leg formed at the other end thereof and a connecting element which is of a spring tongue like configuration and which is formed between the hooking means and the support leg that arrangement provides the advantage that due to the spring tongue like connecting element not only can the hooking engagement element perform a pivotal movement but in addition the spring action of the connecting element has at the same time the positive effect that the movement of the hooking engagement element into the.