US 11,698,098 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 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/825,008.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/194,419, filed on May 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0381287 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
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, including:
a first hook;
a gate mounted to the first leg and movable between a first position in which it contacts the first hook, and a second position in which it is pivoted away from the first hook; and
spring biasing means resiliently urging the gate towards the closed position;
a second leg spaced from the first leg; and
a crossbar interconnecting the first leg and the second leg, wherein the first leg, the second leg, and the crossbar cooperatively define an interior space having an inverted L shape.