Hook for tying down a load on the deck of a transport vehicle

A tie-down hook for tying down a load on a deck of a transport vehicle by means of a strap, said tie-down hook including a curved hooking finger, the free end of which is intended to be inserted into through orifices provided in the deck of the transport vehicle and including a connecting part having an orifice intended to receive the strap or a connecting member fastened to the strap, the curved hooking finger and the connecting part being connected by an intermediate part, wherein:

• the intermediate part is elongated and the portions thereof which are intended to come into contact with the through orifices of the deck are rounded;
• the curved hooking finger includes a curved part whereof the portions intended to come into contact with the through orifices are rounded;
• the curved hooking finger includes, at a free end thereof, a spatula, said spatula having a flattened shape and laterally extending from each side by a lateral extension, a upper surface of the spatula that is oriented facing toward the connecting part and is intended, during use, to come into contact against the underside of the deck, being rounded in relief when considered in profile and being a convex bulging contact surface, such that the upper surface of the spatula is an orthogonal combination of two positive curves;
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• the curved hooking finger, the intermediate part and the spatula are configured in a single piece of metal.