Patent ID: 7837156
Filing Date: 2010-11-23
Classification: F16L,H02G

Abstract:
1. A hook assembly for supporting cable passing the hook assembly, the hook assembly comprising: a first hook and a separate second hook, with one hook stacked above the other hook; each of the first and the second hooks comprising: a first leg, a second leg spaced forward of the first leg and a web joining the first and second legs, wherein the legs and web are placed to define the respective hook with a notch between the legs thereof and above the web thereof through which cable may be passed and in which cable may be supported; the first leg having a platform thereon extending in a direction transverse to the first leg; a first guide device at the platform and extending in the direction between the first and second legs; a second guide device at the web of the hook, extending in the direction between the first and second legs and shaped so that the first guide device at the platform of the first hook is received by the second guide device at the web of the second hook, the orientations of the first and second guide devices of both the first and second hooks are such that the first guide device at the platform of the second hook below may be engaged with and slid with respect to the second guide device at the web of the first hook above and be slid in a direction extending between the first and second legs to bring the second hook below into a position in which the first guide device at the platform of the second hook below is connected to and supported by the second guide device at the web of the first hook above.