Improvements in the Construction of Hooks Used for the Suspension of Articles of Dress or for similar other Purposes.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Feb., 1887
Complete Left, 27th Oct., 1887
Complete Accepted, 29th Nov., 1887
Improvements in the Construction of Hooks Used for the Suspension
of Articles of Dress or for similar other Purposes.
I, JOHN BENJAMIN MOORHOUSE of Skipton-in-Craven, Yorkshire, Ironmonger, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows, that is to say :-
It has for its object the construction of hooks used for the suspension of articles of
dress and for similar other purposes, in such a manner that their manufacture will
thereby be greatly facilitated as well as the production of durable, cheap and efficient
hooks being ensured.
This is attained by taking a strip of pliable metal, such as a piece of ordinary wire,
and bending it so that its two outer ends shall form suitable openings for the insertion
of the ordinary nails or screws which are to attach same to the wooden rail upon
which the hook is to be mounted, while the remaining portion of the said wire is bent
to form the body of the hook.
Instead of forming openings by bending the outer ends, these outer ends may be
pointed and bent so as to be enabled to be driven into the wooden rail, themselves and
so hold without the addition of separate nails or screws.
If desired, that the appearance of these hooks should be varied, it will readily be
seen that either, plain round, fluted, corrugated or any other similarly shaped wire or
metal strip may be employed.
DL: 21st do. of Ianuary 1887

page_text: Improvements in the Construction of Hooks Used for the Suspension
of Articles of Dress or for similar other Purposes.
I, JOHN BENJAMIN MOORHOUSE of Skipton-in-Craven, Yorkshire, Ironmonger, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, that is to say :-
It has for its object the production of hooks for the suspension of articles of dress
and for similar other purposes, in such a manner that same shall be durable, cheap
and efficient.
Such being the nature of said invention in order that same may be more readily
understood hereunto is appended a sheet of drawings illustrative thereof, to which
reference is made in the following description.
Fig. 1 is a side view, and fig. 2 a front view of a hook constructed according to this
invention. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of same. Eigs. 4 and 5 are detail drawings
of modifications hereinafter referred to.
The object of this invention is attained by constructing the hook a of a pliable strip
of metal, as a piece of ordinary pliable wire, said construction consisting of bending
said wire or strip of metal so that its two outer ends will form suitable and
necessary openings d for the insertion of the ordinary nails or screws which are to
attach same to the wooden rail upon which the hook is to be mounted, while the
remaining portion of said wire is bent to form the body a of the hook as is shewn by
figs. 2 and 3 fig. 5 shewing a modification in the bending of the part a to form a
different class of hook, the bending of which portion may be further varied to form
any desired pattern, provided that the outer ends are permitted to terminate at a part
suitable to make them form the openings d as above described.
Instead of forming the openings d as above described, the outer ends may be
pointed and bent as shewn by fig. 4, so that they may be driven into the wooden rail
themselves and so hold without the addition of separate nails or screws.
If it is thought desirable that the appearance of these hooks should be varied it
will readily be seen that either, smooth round, round flinted, corrugated or any other
similarly shaped wire or metal strip may be employed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. The herein described hook constructed of metal, having its outer ends bent to
form openings, for the reception of the nails or screws which are to fasten or secure
same substantially as specified.
2. The herein described hook constructed so that its outer ends may be pointed and
bent for the purpose of being driven into the part to which it is desired to attach same
substantially as specified.
3. The herein described hook, constructed so that its outer ends may terminate in
proper positions for being bent to form openings for the nails or screws which are to
fasten same substantially as specified.
Dated this 26th day of October 1887