Patent ID: 7654593

Claim:
A safety hook for mounting on the extremity of a spreader bar ( 1 ) of a patient lift comprising: a base member ( 5 ), a load-bearing hook member ( 2 ) extending in a first plane oriented in a first direction and having a first end and a second free end, characterized by the first end being pivotally suspended from the base member ( 5 ) at a pivot axis to allow the hook member ( 2 ) to move in the first plane between an open position and a closed position in which the free end of the hook member engages the base member at an engagement point ( 15 ), and whereby the hook member ( 2 ) extends from the pivot axis to one side of a second plane which is oriented in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first plane which falls together with the pivot axis and the engagement point ( 15 ), the hook member ( 2 ) extending further through the second plane to its free end in both the open and the closed positions said engaging of the hook member with the base member preventing the tip of the hook member from being able to travel through the second plane and said engaging of the hook member closing the safety hook.