Patent ID: 8365365
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A hook fastener comprising: a body having a base portion and a hook portion extending from an end of the base portion to define a gap between the hook and the base portion; an external face on the base portion; an abutment on, or fastened to, the body to project from the external face; an opening formed in the base portion, the opening having an elongate mouth intersecting the external face; a closure having a shaft part and a grip part, the shaft part received in the opening, the grip part protruding from the shaft part through the mouth for manipulation by a user; a spring urging the closure such that the shaft part extends out of the opening into the gap, and a keeper received to rotate upon the external face, the keeper being located between the abutment and grip part, a slot in the keeper extending parallel to the mouth, the keeper preventing the user retracting the closure from the gap, except when the slot is angularly aligned with the mouth and said keeper has a substantially penannular form with an inner surface part-cylindrical and a part cylindrical outer surface and a tab projecting from the outer surface for providing a handle, and a projection angularly aligned with the tab.