Patent ID: 8857682

Claim:
A suspender for a brushcutter, the suspender comprising: a shoulder belt; a support member having a plate part attached to the shoulder belt and a retaining part formed on the plate part so as to project forward, the retaining part having an upper projection, a lower projection folded at a bent part so as to confront one another, an insertion hole formed in the upper projection in the proximity of the bent part, and a cutaway formed to extend from the bent part toward the insertion hole; a hook member comprising a link removably retained on the retaining part of the support member, a hook part having a base end portion provided on a lower middle part of the link, a cover having a folded portion hooked on the lower middle part of the link so that the lower middle part of the link and the base end portion of the hook part are covered by the cover, and an elastic piece having a base end part hung on an upper end part of the cover, the cover having projections disposed on opposite sides thereof and being folded to cover a fixing part of the elastic piece so that the fixing part is interposed between the folded portion and projections of the cover with the fixing part, projections and folded portion being parallel to one another, and the base end part of the elastic piece being positioned at the upper end part of the cover and a distal end part of the elastic piece abutting with a distal end part of the hook part so that an opening of the hook part is maintained in a state in which the opening is closed by the elastic piece; and an insertable/removable stopper member that is insertable through the insertion hole and the cutaway of the retaining part of the support member to keep the link of the hook member retained on the retaining part; wherein the elastic piece of the hook member is positioned relative to the hook part of the hook member so that when the stopper member is inserted through the insertion hole and the cutaway of the retaining part of the support member, the elastic piece confronts a lower end part of the stopper member for making the opening of the hook part open/closable, and when the stopper member is pushed downward from a retaining position in which the stopper member keeps the hook member upon the retaining part to an opening position in which the hook part is open, the elastic piece is elastically deformed by the lower end part of the stopper member and the opening of the hook part opens.