Patent ID: 7562856

Claim:
A wire hook comprising: a sleeve member comprising an attachment portion, for attachment of another member, at a first end of said sleeve member; a hook which is adapted to hook a wire, and which is provided at a second end of said sleeve member; and a slipping preventive member which closes a space between said sleeve member and a distal end of said hook to prevent the wire from slipping through the space, and which is movable to open the space; wherein said slipping preventive member comprises a V-shaped lever having a distal end at a point of the V-shaped lever and two proximal ends, and said sleeve member is shaped such that when the slipping preventive member is moved to open the space, an outer surface of said sleeve member widens the V-shaped lever by pushing the proximal ends of the V-shaped lever apart, thereby biasing the distal end of said slipping preventive member toward the distal end of said hook, to cause the distal end of said slipping preventive member to contact the distal end of said hook so as to close the space.