Patent ID: 7988115

Claim:
A pivoting support hook assembly comprising: a support frame; a hook pivot base of cloven construction projecting outwardly away from the support frame, the hook pivot base including a first ear member and a second ear member, the first ear member and the second ear member being on opposing sides of a variable width gap, at least one of the first ear member and the second ear member having a contoured inner face with a pattern of variable height surface structures including at least a first depression and a second depression with a raised height platform disposed between the first depression and a second depression; a support hook adapted to pivotally engage the hook pivot base in straddling relation to the hook pivot base, the support hook including a first raised side wall and a second raised side wall disposed in opposing relation to one another on opposite lateral sides of the support hook, the support hook further including a finger projection extending between the first raised side wall and the second raised side wall, the finger projection being adapted for acceptance in sandwiched sliding relation between the first ear member and the second ear member when the first raised side wall and the second raised side wall are disposed in straddling relation to the hook pivot base, such that upon rotation of the support hook between open and closed positions, the finger projection moves across the raised height platform surface between the first depression and the second depression.