Patent ID: 7429024

Claim:
A hook assembly, the hook assembly for use in combination with an inferior support surface, the hook assembly comprising: a hook support and a hook member, the hook support comprising a superior attachment surface and an inferior hook-receiving depression, the depression comprising a hook access end and a hook pivot end, the hook member comprising a hook actuation end and a hook attachment end, the hook attachment end being pivotally attached to the hook pivot end, the hook member being pivotal about a pivot axis intermediate a hook-withdrawn position and a hook-extended position, the depression being sized and shaped for housing the hook member when in the hook-withdrawn position, the superior attachment surface being fixedly attachable to the inferior support surface, the hook actuation end comprising a substantially planar, hook-actuating tab, the hook actuating tab being coplanar with the pivot axis and extending outwardly from the hook access end, the hook-actuating tab for enhancing a user's ability to manually pivot the hook member intermediate the hook-extended and hook-withdrawn positions, the hook actuation end for receiving and hanging articles when in the hook-extended position.