Hook and hook assembly using a sling of band material
OwnerThomas J. Karassinventor
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Abstract
A hook and a hook assembly adapted in particular to suspend a meat carcass using a sling made of band material. The hook includes a body having a suspending portion and a hooking portion defining a J configuration, a horizontally extending flat portion to flatly receive the sling, a protruding lip portion extending from the suspending portion and defining a lower straight edge overlying the flat portion and disposed below the tip of the hooking portion and defining a spacing between the suspending and hooking portions which is smaller than the width of the band material to prevent the sling from jumping off from the hook.
Claims6
A hook for suspending a sling of band material therefrom comprising a suspending portion, an intermediate generally flat portion and a hooking portion joined together into a generally J-shaped configuration, said flat portion being as long as the width of said band material and interconnecting said suspending portion and said hooking portion, a protuberant lip portion attached to said suspending portion, positioned between said suspending portion and said hooking portion and forming a reduced spacing between the same which is smaller than the width of said band material, said protuberant lip portion having a lower edge which overlies said flat portion and which forms a downwardly extending boss at its outer end, said boss having a portion which is lower than the uppermost point of said hooking portion and a sleeve portion integrally formed with said suspending portion and arranged to slidably engage around a tubular rail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.