Abstract: The invention relates to a novel hook design which provides additional safety features to reduce the potential for accidents and provides additional protection to the operator. The invention may be applied to overhead hoist hooks, chain hooks, wire line hooks, and many other hooks. The safety design features include a spring activated trigger and latch mechanism, a latch stop, a trigger guard, and a trigger lock mechanism which may or may not utilize a spring to activate it. The safety latching lifting hook provides for ease of connection (hooking) and ease of release (unhooking) with a trigger guard to protect the operator's hand and the trigger latch mechanism.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 9, 2010
Date of Patent:
June 25, 2013
Assignee:
PEMCO of New Mexico, Inc.
Inventors:
Garry Alan Buie, Billy Ray Ganaway, Garry Anthony Wilson
Abstract: The invention relates to a novel hook design which provides additional safety features to reduce the potential for accidents and provides additional protection to the operator. The invention may be applied to overhead hoist hooks, chain hooks, wire line hooks, and many other hooks. The safety design features include a spring activated trigger and latch mechanism, a latch stop, a trigger guard, and a trigger lock mechanism which may or may not utilize a spring to activate it. The safety latching lifting hook provides for ease of connection (hooking) and ease of release (unhooking) with a trigger guard to protect the operator's hand and the trigger latch mechanism.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 9, 2010
Publication date:
July 21, 2011
Applicant:
PEMCO of New Mexico, Inc.
Inventors:
Garry Alan Buie, Billy Ray Ganaway, Garry Anthony Wilson