Patent ID: 6654990
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A quick-release hook, comprising:a latching hook locker having one end shaped into a cylinder and the other end shaped into a frustum, wherein the latching hook locker also has a groove slot on one side of the cylinder end close to the frustum; a spring fastened to the cylinder end of the latching hook locker; a pair of latching hooks each having a U-shaped profile and having contact with the frustum of the latching hook locker; a pull lever having a protruding section for inserting into the groove slot; a main body enclosing the latching hook locker, the spring, the pull lever and the latching hooks but exposing a portion of the two latching hooks and a portion of the pull lever, wherein the pull lever is linked to and enclosed by the main body near the protruding section while the other end of the pull lever is a free end capable of rotating in an arc of a circle, similarly, one end of each latching hook is linked to and enclosed by the main body while the other end is a free end capable of rotating in an arc of a circle, and the latching hook locker presses against the two latching hooks through the force exerted by the spring.