Extensible loop hook fastening device
OwnerWalter L. Larseninventor
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Abstract
This device pertains primarily to supplementary fastening devices in the form of a rigid or semi rigid clip having a loop shaped portion for fastening the hook of a garment hanger or other hook including device to a clothesline or other generally linear member to which the hook is hooked. The effective length of the loop portion of the clip is increasable against the bias of an elastic member to provide for positive clamping action of the clip on the hook.
Claims64
A connecting device generally capable of connecting an object to a generally linear member, said device comprising the combination of a hook and a clip having a generally elongated loop of at least semi rigid construction for fastening the hook to the linear member, wherein the clip has means for allowing the effective length of the loop to be elastically extended, wherein there is means for attaching the object, at least indirectly and at least temporarily, to the hook, generally to the non-hooked or shank portion of the hook, wherein the hook is of such size with respect to the diameter or thickness of the linear member to which it is being fastened that the linear member is comparatively thin with respect to the size of the hook, as exemplified by the comparison in size between a typical garment hanger hook and a typical clothesline, and wherein the installed position and assembled configuration of said connecting device is one in which the object, when it is being connected to the linear member, is attached to the hook by means mentioned above, the hook is hooked to the linear member in the normal manner, and the clip is positioned with respect to the hook and the linear member such that the loop contacts and bears upon the outside surface of the hook at two substantially inwardly inclined locations on the hook, one such location being on each side of the position occupied by the linear member, and the loop effectively lies between said two locations where it contacts the outside surface of the hook so as to pass under the linear member and to contact and bear on the undersurface of the linear member, thereby positively and forcefully clamping the hook to the linear member, whereby, in having said object attached or attachable to the hook while the hook is, in turn, fastened or fastenable to the linear member by the clip, said object can be connected to the linear member by said connecting device.
A connecting device generally capable of connecting an object to a generally linear member, said device comprising the combination of a hook, to which the object can be attached, at least indirectly and at least temporarily, generally to the non hooked or shank portion of the hook, and a clip, having a generally elongated loop of at least semi-rigid construction and means for allowing the effective length of the loop to be elastically extended, for fastening the hook to the linear member, wherein the installed position and assembled configuration of said connecting device is that in which the object, when it is being connected to the linear member, is attached to the hook, the hook is hooked normally to the linear member, and the clip is positioned with respect to the hook and the linear member such that the loop generally contacts the outside surface of the hook at two points, on generally on each side of the position occupied by the linear member, and the remainder of the loop lies between said two points on a path which passes underneath the linear member with the linear member being confined within the space between the hook and the loop.
A connecting device generally capable of connecting an object to a generally linear member, said device comprising the combination of a hook and a clip having a generally elongated loop of at least semi rigid construction for fastening the hook to the linear member, wherein the clip has means for changing the effective length of the loop, said means being provided by the loop effectively having two ends which are movable toward and away from and with respect to each other, and the clip also has means for elastically biasing the two ends of the loop to move closer together to decrease the effective length of the loop, wherein there is means for attaching the object, at least indirectly and at least temporarily, to the hook, generally to the non hooked or shank portion of the hook, wherein the hook is of such size with respect to the diameter or thickness of the linear member to which it is being fastened that the linear member is comparatively thin with respect to the size of the hook, as exemplified by the comparison in size between a typical garment hanger hook and a typical clothesline, and wherein the installed position and assembled configuration of said device is that in which the object, when it is being connected to the linear member, is attached to the hook by means mentioned above, the hook is hooked to the linear member in the normal manner, and the clip is positioned with respect to the hook and the linear member such that each of the two ends of the loop generally contacts the outside surface of the hook at a location on the hook at which said outside surface of the hook is substantially inwardly inclined, one such contacting location being on each side of the position occupied by the linear member, and that part of the loop which extends between each of its two ends generally contacts the undersurface of the linear member at two locations, one generally on each side of the plane of the hook, so as to clampingly lock the hook to the linear member, whereby, in having said object attached or attachable to the hook while the hook is, in turn, fastened or fastenable to the linear member by the clip, said object can be connected to the linear member by said device.
A method for fastening a hook to a comparatively thin linear member, as exemplified by the comparison in size between a typical garment hanger hook and a typical clothesline, comprising the steps of hooking the hook to the linear member in the normal manner and manipulating a clip, having a generally elongated loop of at least semi rigid construction and having means for allowing the effective length of the loop to be elastically extended, into a fastening position with respect to the hook and the linear member such that the loop contacts the outer surface of the hook at two substantially inwardly inclined locations on the hook, one such location being on each side of the position occupied by the linear member, and the loop contacts the undersurface of the linear member between the locations where it contacts the outer surface of the hook to positively and forcefully clamp the hook to the linear member.
A method for connecting an object to a generally linear member comprising the steps of attaching the object to the non hooked or shank portion of a hook, hooking the hook to the linear member in the normal manner, wherein the hook is of such size with respect to the diameter or thickness of the linear member to which it is being fastened that the linear member is comparatively thin with respect to the size of the hook, as exemplified by the comparison in size between a typical garment hanger hook and a typical clothesline, and manipulating a clip having a generally elongated loop of at least semi rigid construction, wherein the clip has means for allowing the effective length of the loop to be elastically extended, into a fastening position with respect to the hook and the linear member such that the loop contacts and bears upon the outer surface of the hook at two substantially inwardly inclined locations on the hook, one such location being one each side of the position occupied by the linear member, and the loop contacts and bears on the undersurface of the linear member between the locations where it contacts the outer surface of the hook to positively and forcefully clamp the hook to the linear member and thereby connect the object to the linear member.
A connecting device for connecting an object to a generally linear member by the method of claim 68, said device comprising the combination of a hook and a clip having a generally elongated loop of at least semi rigid construction for fastening the hook to the linear member, wherein the clip has means for allowing the effective length of the loop to be elastically extended, wherein there is means for attaching the object, at least indirectly and at least temporarily, to the hook, generally to the non-hooked or shank portion of the hook, wherein the hook is of such size with respect to the diameter or thickness of the linear member to which it is being fastened that the linear member is comparatively thin with respect to the size of the hook, and wherein the installed position and assembled configuration of the device is one in which the object, when it is being connected to the linear member, is attached to the hook by means mentioned above, the hook is hooked to the linear member in the normal manner, and the clip is positioned with respect to the hook and the linear member such that the loop contacts and bears upon the outer surface of the hook at two substantially inwardly inclined locations on the hook, one such location being on each side of the position occupied by the linear member, and the loop contacts and bears on the undersurface of the linear member between the locations where it contacts the outer surface of the hook to positively and forcefully clamp the hook to the linear member, whereby, in having said object attached or attachable to the hook while the hook is, in turn, fastened or fastenable to the linear member by the clip, said object can be connected to the linear member by said device.
A method for connecting an object to a generally linear member comprising the steps of attaching the object to a hook, generally to the non-hooked or shank portion of the hook, hooking the hook to the linear member in the normal manner, and manipulating a clip having a generally elongated loop of at least semi rigid construction, wherein the clip has means for allowing the effective length of the loop to be elastically extended, into a fastening position with respect to the hook and the linear member such that the loop contacts the outside surface of the hook at two points, one generally on each side of the position occupied by the linear member, and the loop lies between said two points on a path which generally passes the side of the linear member opposite to the side closest to the inner surface of the hook.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.