Patent ID: 6926159
Filing Date: 2005-08-09
Classification: B25H

Abstract:
1. A lockable support hook for mounting on a vertical support substrate having a plurality of uniformly spaced aligned holes extending between a front surface and a rear surface, said support hook comprising: first leg members extending through a pair of said holes and having upwardly turned ends engagable with the rear surface; second leg members connected to said first leg members and having downwardly turned ends engagable with the front surface; first and second elongated support legs having a circular cross section attached in parallel horizontal spaced relation to said support legs and defining therebetween a frontal opening for receiving an article to be supported thereon; a planar rectangular lock bar of heavy gage sheet metal having a hole through said metal at one lateral end for receiving and pivotally supporting said first support leg, and a downwardly and laterally inclined slot in said lock bar defined by a base and inner and outer side walls, said slot configured for receiving said second support leg at a latched position whereat said second support leg engages said base and wherein said inner wall engages said other of said support arms to resist movement to and from said latched position, with movement to said latched position effected by laterally deflecting said other of said support arms into alignment with said slot.