US 11,987,474 B1
Rescue hook
Joseph J. Passalacqua, Boise, ID (US); and Jonathan R. Andrews, Harpursville, NY (US)
Assigned to Buckingham Manufacturing Company, Inc., Binghamton, NY (US)
Filed by Buckingham Manufacturing Company, Inc., Binghamton, NY (US)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/380,609.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/053,801, filed on Jul. 20, 2020.
Int. Cl. B66C 1/36 (2006.01)
CPC B66C 1/36 (2013.01) 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A self-centering rescue hook device, comprising:
a body comprising:
a front surface and a back surface;
an upper portion having a central longitudinal axis and an upper opening formed through the front and back surfaces, the upper portion having a first side surface facing a first direction and extending in a first plane and a second side surface facing a second direction and extending in a second plane, wherein the first plane and second plane are parallel to the central longitudinal axis;
a middle portion having a first portion extending in the first direction away from the first plane, a second portion extending in the second direction away from the second plane, and a middle opening formed through the front and back surfaces configured to receive a connector;
a lower portion;
a throat formed in part by the middle portion and the lower portion having an open end and a closed end, the throat being configured to receive a load, the throat located below the middle opening such that during use an upper force on the connector centers the rescue hook device with the load biased toward the closed end of the throat; and
a gate pivotable between an open position and closed position such that when in the closed position the gate encloses the open end of the throat.