Patent ID: 8100449

Claim:
A chain grab hook, comprising: a hook body comprising a shank at one end of said hook body, a curved saddle having a first end extending from said shank and a tip portion extending from an opposite end of said curved saddle, said shank and said tip portion generally facing one another and defining between them a throat, one of said shank and tip portion comprising a first section and the other of said shank and tip portion comprising a second section; a hollow cylindrical passage within said first section and extending toward said second section, said passage comprising a large diameter portion extending through said first section from an outer surface of said first section and a small diameter portion extending from said large diameter portion to an interior surface of said first section facing said second section, and a shoulder at a boundary between said large and small diameter portions; a ball within said passage having a diameter that is: (a) less than a diameter of said large diameter portion of said passage and (b) greater than a diameter of said small diameter portion of said passage; a plug in said large diameter portion at said outer surface; an elastically compressible member inside said large diameter portion and compressed between said plug and said ball, to a stop position at which said ball is biased against said small diameter portion of said passage for protrusion of a portion of said ball through said small diameter portion and beyond said interior surface; a fastening element at an opposite end of said hook body.