Patent ID: 9541120
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: F16B,G07F

Claim:
1. A prize dispensing hook assembly for retaining a prize suspended from a base of a prize dispenser and releasing the prize therefrom at a predetermined release location, the hook assembly comprising: a hook structure mounted on the base for movement relative thereto, the hook structure being engageable with the prize in a prize retaining position, and being disengagable from the prize in a prize releasing position corresponding to the predetermined release location, wherein the hook structure includes an upper portion extending above the base and a lower portion extending beneath the base and provided with an open end; and a biasing arrangement continuously engaged with both the base and the hook structure and providing a biasing force for continuously urging an open end of the hook structure into direct engagement with the base, wherein the open end of the hook structure is movable into and out of direct engagement with the base in the prize retaining and prize releasing positions, respectively, and wherein the upper portion of the hook structure is adapted to be selectively engaged by a release element for overcoming the force of the biasing arrangement and moving the hook structure to the prize releasing position.