Patent ID: 7946005

Claim:
A safety hook comprising: a hook comprising: a loop portion forming a circle and a strap mouth inside the circle; and a hooked portion having: a loop end extending from the loop portion; a mouth end opposite the loop end and having an inner face facing the loop end; and a hook mouth between the loop end and the mouth end, the hook mouth for attaching the hook to an object; a plastic molded-in-place latch comprising: a latch ring molded over the loop portion and forming a toroidal shaped strap loop having a toroidal shaped exterior surface and a strap mouth through the center of the toroidal shape circling around the strap mouth of the loop portion; and a latch arm extending from the latch ring from below the loop end of the hooked portion of the hook and upward into the hook mouth towards the mouth end of the hooked portion and biased to reside against the inner face of the mouth end, the latch arm for retaining the hook on the object; and a strap reaching around the outer surface of the toroidal shape exterior of the strap loop and through the strap mouth and circling both the loop portion and the latch ring and looping back to the strap and attached thereto to secure the strap to the safety hook, wherein most of the hooked portion of the hook is exposed and not over molded.