Shortening hook with coupling connection

A shortening hook with a coupling connection for shortening sling chains in hangers, the shortening hook defining a longitudinal axis and comprising:

• a hook body which includes an eyelet at a top portion of the hook body for coupling to a suspension ring and at a bottom portion of the hook body includes a coupling connection with a coupling slot, the coupling slot being delimited by two parallel side wings and downwardly open for the suspension of a chain, the hook body having a central region comprising a hooking-in region, the hooking-in region defining an upwardly open, rectilinearly extending shortening slot for receiving a portion of a chain which is coupled to the coupling connection, the hooking region being hookable by way of a free-end region, and the coupling slot and the mounting slot are offset laterally with respect to one another.