US 12,241,498 B2
Bucket hook
Ralph Dudley Stinson, Lutz, FL (US)
Assigned to MADI, LLC, Greenville, SC (US)
Filed by MADI, LLC, Greenville, SC (US)
Filed on May 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/322,859.
Application 18/322,859 is a continuation of application No. 17/825,008, filed on May 26, 2022, granted, now 11,698,098.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/194,419, filed on May 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0296127 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. F16B 45/02 (2006.01); B25H 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 45/026 (2021.05) [B25H 5/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bucket hook for supporting tools from a utility bucket, comprising:
a first leg having a lower segment and an upper segment interconnected by a middle segment, the first leg including:
a first hook;
a gate connected to an outboard end of the middle segment of the first leg where the middle segment and upper segment are joined, the gate movable between a first position in which the gate contacts the first hook, and a second position in which the gate is pivoted away from the first hook, wherein a distal end of the gate is inboard of where the gate is connected to the outboard end; and
spring biasing means resiliently urging the gate towards the first position;
a second leg spaced from the first leg; and
a crossbar interconnecting the first leg and the second leg.