Patent ID: 6237977
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: B66C,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A pelican hook for selectively engaging and releasing a first object from a second object, comprising:a hook body having an attachment means disposed at a first end for fixably attaching said hook body to said first object, and a hook-shaped body portion at an opposite second end for engaging the second object and carrying a tensile load between the first and second objects; anda hinged keeper having a first end and a second, free end, the hinged keeper being pivotally coupled at the first end to the second end of the hook-shaped body portion of the hook body such that the free end of the hinged keeper is movable between a closed position in which said free end is in contact with said hook body and forms a closed eye with said hook-shaped body portion for retaining said second object in the eye, and an open position where said free end is displaced away from aid hook-shaped body portion to open the eye and thereby permit the second object to be released from the pelican hook;said hinged keeper further comprising an extracting means for extracting said second object from said eye when said hinged keeper is moved from said closed position to said open position;said extracting means extending from the hinged keeper at the first pivoted end and is pivoted out of the eye formed by the hook-shaped body portion and the hinged keeper when said hinged keeper is moved to said closed position.