Patent ID: 7182304
Filing Date: 2007-02-27
Classification: A47G,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A hook for holding an object under a shelf, the hook comprising: a rigid elongated body having a mounting end and a supporting end, the body configured so that when the hook is positioned for holding an object under a shelf having a top surface and a bottom surface, the mounting end will be adjacent the top surface of the shelf and the supporting end will be under the bottom surface of the shelf and a resilient gripper body having a bore through which to the mounting end of the elongated body passes, the gripper body having a curved planar surface which is positioned for engagement with the top surface of the shelf, such that when the hook is placed on the top surface and no load is on the supporting end of the hook body the bore will be substantially parallel to the top surface, a first portion of the curved planar surface having a first area will be on the top surface of the shelf and a second portion of the curved planar surface having a second area will be spaced away from the top surface of the shelf and such that as increasing loads are placed on the supporting end of the hook, the shape of the curved planar surface will change with the first surface area increasing and the second surface area decreasing.