Catenary wire hook attachment for hanging articles over a horizontal wire
OwnerRajan Kapoorinventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides a hook attachment for hanging articles of any shape, size and weight, over a tightened horizontal wire, where the hook attachment resists forces in both horizontal directions and resists unwanted torque that may be imposed by the applied load of the article on the hook. The hook includes at least two parts: a wire coupling part and a load bearing part. The wire coupling part is a part of the hook where the hook flexibly couples with the tightened horizontal wire, and the load bearing part is the part where an article can be hanged in the hook.
Claims11
A device for hanging articles over a tensioned horizontal wire, comprising:
- a wire coupling part including:
- a hook portion that flexibly couples the device over the tensioned horizontal wire;
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- a pivotable clip that is pivotably hinged to bottom of a load bearing part and the hook portion couples or aligns with the pivotable clip and forms an enclosure of the wire coupling part when aligned with the pivotable clip,
- where the wire coupling part flexibly allows movement of the device along the tensioned horizontal wire in both horizontal directions;
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- the load bearing part including a groove to hang an article in the device;
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- wherein, the device with the closed enclosure when applied with a downward force of the applied load of the article, resists forces in both horizontal directions over the tensioned horizontal wire and resists unwanted torque that is imposed by the applied load of the article on the device;
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- wherein, to reposition the device over the tensioned horizontal wire, the article is taken off, which takes off the downward force of the applied load, and the pivotable clip is misaligned with the hook portion to open the enclosure of the wire coupling part, and the device is shifted to another position over the tensioned horizontal wire, without completely disengaging the device from the tensioned horizontal wire.
A device for hanging articles over a tensioned horizontal wire, comprising:
- a wire coupling part including a hook portion that flexibly couples the device over the tensioned horizontal wire, where the wire coupling part flexibly allows movement of the device along the tensioned horizontal wire in both horizontal directions, the wire coupling part further including:
- multiple pairs of opposing teeth provided, at least in part, on the inner surface of the hook portion, each pair of opposing teeth includes a tapered gap in between opposing teeth to engage the diameter of the tensioned horizontal wire, and the pairs of opposing teeth are spaced apart on the inner surface of the hook portion at a distance equal to the lay length of the tensioned horizontal wire divided by the number of strands in the outer layer of the tensioned horizontal wire;
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- the load bearing part including a groove to hang an article in the device;
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- wherein, the device when applied with a downward force of the applied load of the article, resists forces in both horizontal directions over the tensioned horizontal wire and resists unwanted torque that is imposed by the applied load of the article on the device;
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- wherein, to reposition the device over the tensioned horizontal wire, the article is taken off, which takes off the downward force of the applied load, and the device is shifted to another position over the tensioned horizontal wire, without completely disengaging the device from the tensioned horizontal wire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.