Patent ID: 6206209
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
A reversibly securing hook and latch member for retaining items thereto comprising;a) a J-shaped planar hook member having a vertical leg section and curved foot section,b) a rotatable latch section positioned coplanar with said hook member and fastened at a first end to an end of said hook member vertical leg section opposite said curved foot section, said latch section sized to allow a second end thereof to move past an end of said curved foot section opposite said vertical leg section; andc) biasing means between said vertical leg section and said rotatable latch section fastened thereto, for maintaining said latch section second end in close proximity to said end of said curved foot section end, said biasing means comprises a torsion spring member with first and second spring prongs, said torsion spring member contained in a slot in said latch section first end with said first and second spring prongs each positioned in an individual vertical slot in said end of said vertical leg section opposite said curved foot section, said biasing means allowing reversible displacement of said latch section second end both toward or away from said hook member vertical leg section.