Door hook with interlocking hook segments
AssigneeAdams Mfg. Corp.
InventorWilliam E. Adams
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Abstract
An over the door hook has a U-shaped bracket with at least one curved hook sized to receive a hook segment. Two or more plastic hook segments have an opening at an upper end and a curved hook at the lower end. The curved hook of one segment fits through the opening in another hook segment. The two segments are locked together by a tab or tooth in one segment that fits into a slot or recess in a second segment. An alternative is to provide a boss adjacent the opening at the upper end of one segment that is gripped by the curved hook of the second segment. Similar locking arrangements can be provided to lock a hook segment to the U-shaped bracket.
Claims40
A door hook adapted to be placed on top of and extend over portions of both sides of a door comprising:
- a generally U-shaped bracket having a top, a front portion attached to the top, a back portion attached to the top, and a J-hook on at least one of the front portion and the back portion;
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- a plurality of hook segments, each segment releasably connected to at least one of the J-hook and another hook segment, each hook segment comprised of:
- a flat elongated body of a selected thickness;
- a lower end attached to one end of the body and having a thickness less than the selected thickness, a curved hook extending from the lower end and one of a slot and a tooth at a point where the curved hook meets the lower portion;
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- an upper end attached to an opposite end of the body, the upper end having:
- a thickness less than the selected thickness,
- an opening sized to receive both the J-hook and a curved hook of another hook segment,
- one of a tab extending into the opening and a recess extending from the opening, the tab sized and positioned to fit into the slot of another hook segment and the recess sized to receive the tooth from another hook segment, such that when a tab of a first hook segment is positioned within the slot of a second hook segment or the tooth of a first hook segment is positioned within the recess of a second hook segment, the first and second segments are locked together and restrained from movement relative to one another.
A door hook adapted to be placed on top of and extend over portions of both sides of a door comprising:
- a generally U-shaped bracket having a top, a front portion attached to the top and a back portion attached to the top, a J-hook on at least one of the front portion and the back portion and;
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- a plurality of hook segments, each segment releasably connected to at least one of the J-hook and another hook segment, each segment comprised of:
- a flat elongated body of a selected thickness,
- an upper end attached to one end of the body, the upper end having:
- a thickness less than the selected thickness,
- an opening sized to receive the J-hook, and
- a boss extending from a front surface of the upper end and positioned
- adjacent the opening;
- a lower end attached to an opposite end of the body and having a thickness less than the selected thickness, and
- a curved hook extending from the lower end, the curved hook sized and positioned to fit through the opening in the upper end of a second hook segment and to receive the boss of that second hook segment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.