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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 1977
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mack L Roden, Clovis, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
294 / ; 2423 / ;
Abstract
A hook assembly having a hook with a shank portion and being return bent to form an extremity defining a throat for the hook with the shank portion, a body, a shaft mounting the shank portion of the hook on the body for pivotal movement, a pair of substantially parallel projections mounted on the body bounding the shank portion to guide pivotal movement of the shank portion, and a flange borne by one of the projections extending into juxtaposition to the extremity of the hook to seal the throat when the hook is in a predetermined pivotal position.