Patent ID: 8276247

Claim:
A snap hook comprising: a hook member including a space formed therein, and including a gap formed therein and communicating with said space of said hook member for forming an attaching end and a receiving end, and including an opening formed in said receiving end for forming a first latch member in said receiving end, a pivotal gate including a first end pivotally secured to said attaching end of said hook member with an axle for allowing said pivotal gate to be rotated relative to said hook member between a locking position and an unlocking position, said pivotal gate including a notch formed in said first end thereof for receiving said attaching end and including a second end having an opening formed therein for forming a second latch member in said second end of said pivotal gate and for selectively engaging with said first latch member of said hook member, a locking member including a bore formed therein for rotatably receiving and engaging onto said pivotal gate, and including a slot formed in a first end of said locking member for selectively aligning with said notch of said pivotal gate and said attaching end of said hook member and for allowing said pivotal gate and said locking member to be rotated relative to said hook member from the locking position to the unlocking position, and said locking member being movable relative to said pivotal gate for selectively receiving and engaging said first latch member of said hook member and said second latch member of said pivotal gate in a second end of said locking member, and for selectively disengaging said second end of said locking member from said first latch member of said hook member and said second latch member of said pivotal gate, and a spring member engaged with said pivotal gate and said locking member for forcing and biasing said locking member to rotate relative to said pivotal gate, and for disengaging and offsetting said slot of said locking member from said notch of said pivotal gate, and for anchoring and retaining said first latch member of said hook member and said second latch member of said pivotal gate in said second end of said locking member, and for locking and retaining and latching said pivotal gate to said hook member at the locking position, and said pivotal gate including a peripheral shoulder formed therein for engaging with said spring member, and said locking member including an inner peripheral shoulder formed therein for engaging with said spring member.