Patent ID: 8083270

Claim:
A safety hook structure for a hood comprising: a bracket mounted on an inner panel of the hood and has a protrusion extending downwards from the inner panel with a groove formed on the center thereof; a safety hook having a pivot portion protruding upwards from a portion of the safety hook and pivotally inserted in the groove of the protrusion and movable in a horizontal direction with respect to the protrusion of the bracket; a resilient member having one end coupled to the bracket and the other end coupled to the safety hook and applying a restoring force to the safety hook to bias the safety hook to an original position; and a regulator assembly, formed on mating surfaces of the groove and of the pivot portion and adjusting a horizontal rotation angle of the safety hook; wherein the regulator assembly includes first and second abutting portions outward-protrusively formed on an inner rotation portion of the pivot portion, and first and second stepped portions inward-protrusively formed on an inner wall of the groove, the first substantially abutting portion abutting against the first stepped portion and the second abutting portion substantially abutting against the second stepped portion; and wherein the regulator assembly further comprises a buffer gap formed between an outer circumference of the pivot portion and an inner circumference of the protrusion and permits vertical rotation of the safety hook with respect to a horizontal rotational axis of the safety hook when the hood is moved downward so as to lock the hood to a locking hook.