Patent ID: 8186023

Claim:
A hook protection device comprising: a first member having a first inner surface; a second member having a second inner surface, the first inner surface of the first member and the second inner surface of the second member configured and arranged to be selectively coupled together; and wherein each of the first and second inner surfaces of the first and second members have a lanyard channel and at least one hook channel, the lanyard channel and the at least one hook channel forming a top extending portion in each first and second inner surface of the first and second members, the lanyard channels of the selectively coupled first and second members configured to encase a portion of a lanyard proximate an end portion of a hook, the at least one hook channels of the selectively coupled first and second members configured to encase the end portion of the hook proximate the portion of the lanyard, the top extending portions configured and arranged to extend in an aperture in the end portion of the hook with a portion of the lanyard.