Patent ID: 6283524
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: A62B,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A safety hook which locks automatically including a safety hook body having an opening, a pivoting finger having a length sufficient to close said opening, the pivoting finger having a first end, the pivoting finger being articulated at said first end about a transverse rotation pivot, and a transverse locking lever having a first end which pivots about a lever pivot in an intermediate position on said pivoting finger, wherein said locking lever has an engaging portion which cooperates with a corresponding bearing area in a portion of said body which is opposite said pivoting finger, the locking lever is adapted to pivot between a locked position, into which it is biased by a locking spring and in which it is engaged between said pivoting finger and the corresponding bearing area to prevent rotation of said pivoting finger, and an unlocked position, in which said engaging portion escapes from the corresponding bearing area to allow said pivoting finger to pivot in its opening direction, the locking lever is generally L-shaped with a transverse locking branch extending between said lever pivot and said engaging portion of said lever, and a longitudinal manipulator branch projecting radially beyond said opposite portion of said body and extending longitudinally along said body from said engaging portion of said lever.