Patent ID: 6196511
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: A45F,A47G,F16M

Abstract:
A portable hook for supporting various articles from generally vertical objects of varying diameters comprising:a generally flat rectangular hook having a main body portion with a flat vertical surface on a front side of said main body portion and a U-shaped recess extending transversely across said main body portion with an upwardly facing opening;an aperture through said flat vertical surface extending from a front side to a back side thereof sized and shaped to allow passage of a first end of a rod;at least one horizontal shallow slot transversing an inwardly curved surface of said U-shaped recess sized and shaped to receive a cord or rope when pressed therein;a flat vertical tang portion and a flat leg portion on a back side of said main body portion;said vertical tang portion adjoining one side of said U-shaped recess and extending vertically downward therefrom in generally parallel closely spaced relation to said main body portion to define a vertical slot therebetween open at one end;said flat leg portion extending downwardly and outwardly from said main body portion and terminating in a generally flat lower leg portion spaced beneath said tang portion;an aperture through said flat lower leg portion extending from a front side to a back side thereof sized and shaped to receive a cord, rope or the rod first end;said vertical tang portion and said flat lower leg portion adapted to be engaged against an exterior surface of a generally vertical object by a flexible cord or belt received in said slot and encircled and fastened around the vertical object with said main body portion and said U-shaped recess disposed closely adjacent to the exterior surface of the vertical object to hang and support various articles therefrom andsaid aperture through said flat lower leg portion is in axial alignment with said aperture in said flat vertical surface whereby various articles may be supported from a second end of the rod when the rod first end is passed through said aperture in said fiat vertical surface and received in said aperture in said flat lower leg portion.