Hook device
AssigneeNifco Inc.
InventorTsutomu Tanaka
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Abstract
A hook device includes a case member for supporting a hook main portion to be rotatable between a store position and a use position; a stopping portion attached to the case member for regulating the hook main portion at the use position with a predetermined opening angle; and an engaging portion provided to the hook main portion through an elastic member for engaging the stopping portion. The elastic member elastically deforms in a direction that the stopping portion engages the engaging portion when a load is applied to the hook main portion in a direction that the hook main portion opens.
Claims6
A hook device for suspending an object, comprising:
- a case member having a stopping portion located at a rear side of the case member,
- a hook main portion disposed in the case member to be rotatable between a store position and a use position, and having an upper portion, a lower portion rotationally attached to the case member, and an elastic member projecting rearwardly and upwardly from the lower portion to the upper portion, and
- an engaging portion provided at the elastic member of the hook main portion to engage the stopping portion so that the hook main portion is stopped at the use position with a predetermined open angle, at least one of said stopping portion and said engaging portion having an inclined surface so that when a load is applied to the hook main portion in the use position in a direction such that the hook main portion further opens, the elastic member is urged in a direction that the stopping portion further engages the engaging portion to thereby prevent further opening of the hook main portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.