Hook device
OwnerJeffrey D. Jacobson, Jack M. Jacobsoninventors
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Abstract
An elastic cord terminating in a pair of hook devices, each hook device made from a continuous length of wire. The continuous length of wire at one end has a hook bend having a hook tip, and at the other end a cord attachment. The hook bend and the cord attachment are separated by a straight shank length of the continuous wire into which there is bent a closed finger loop. The finger loop is sized to receive therethrough at least the tip of a finger. The finger loop has a hook proximate surface that is separated longitudinally from the hook tip and toward the cord attachment by a selectable clearance distance.
Claims13
A hook device comprising a continuous length of wire,
- the continuous length of wire further comprising at one end a hook bend having a hook tip, and at another end a cord attachment,
- wherein the cord attachment comprises a plurality of windings around an axis that is substantially coplanar with a plane in which the hook bend lies;
- the hook bend and the cord attachment separated by a straight shank length of the continuous wire into which there is bent a closed finger loop, the finger loop sized to receive therethrough at least the tip of a finger,
- the finger loop having a hook proximate surface, the hook proximate surface being generally an upper portion of the finger loop that is nearest to a plane that is perpendicular at the hook tip to the hook tip portion of the hook bend,
- the hook proximate surface separated longitudinally from the hook tip and toward the cord attachment by a selectable clearance distance.
An elastic cord terminating in a pair of hook devices, each hook device comprising a continuous length of wire,
- the continuous length of wire further comprising at one end a hook bend having a hook tip, and at another end a cord attachment,
- the hook bend and the cord attachment separated by a straight shank length of the continuous wire into which there is bent a closed finger loop, the finger loop sized to receive therethrough at least the tip of a finger,
- the finger loop having a hook proximate surface, the hook proximate surface being generally an upper portion of the finger loop that is nearest to a plane that is perpendicular at the hook tip to the hook tip portion of the hook bend,
- the hook proximate surface separated longitudinally from the hook tip and toward the cord attachment by a selectable clearance distance.
A method of making a hook device, the method comprising the steps of:
- bending an end of a continuous length of wire into a hook shape,
- at a selected distance from the hook shape along the length of wire, further bending the length of wire into a closed finger loop sized to receive therethrough at least the tip of a finger,
- at a selected distance from the finger loop along the length of wire, further bending the length of wire into a cord attachment shape that is a coil.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.