Patent ID: 7472881
Filing Date: 2009-01-06
Classification: A47F,A47G,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A wire gripper comprising: a gripper sleeve having a gripping mechanism which is fixably attachable at a desired position along a wire; a hook which is adapted to hook an article, and which is coupled to said gripper sleeve; and a hook cover which is slidable with respect to the gripper sleeve along a longitudinal direction of the wire and the gripper sleeve to open and close an opening of said hook, and which is adapted to be locked to said gripper sleeve; wherein a tool is required at least to unlock the hook cover to enable sliding of the hook cover with respect to the gripper sleeve to open the opening of the hook; wherein the opening of the hook is between a distal end of the hook and an outer surface of the gripper sleeve; and wherein the hook cover comprises a sliding portion which is slidably coupled to the gripper sleeve and a cover portion which comprises a hole to receive the distal end of the hook.