US 12,077,276 B2
Cargo hook assembly and helicopter
Jason Schellaars, Queensland (AU)
Assigned to Helitak Fire Fighting Equipment Pty Ltd, Lake MacDonald (AU)
Filed by Helitak Fire Fighting Equipment Pty Ltd, Lake MacDonald (AU)
Filed on May 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/744,114.
Application 17/744,114 is a continuation of application No. PCT/AU2020/051091, filed on Oct. 12, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019904296 (AU), filed on Nov. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0267006 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. B64C 1/22 (2006.01); B64C 1/20 (2006.01); B64C 27/06 (2006.01); B64D 1/22 (2006.01); B64D 9/00 (2006.01); B64D 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 1/22 (2013.01) [B64C 1/20 (2013.01); B64C 27/06 (2013.01); B64D 1/22 (2013.01); B64D 9/00 (2013.01); B64D 9/003 (2013.01); B64D 1/12 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cargo hook assembly for a helicopter, the cargo hook assembly comprising:
a support structure having a forward end portion and a rearward end portion;
an attachment mechanism attached to the rearward end portion and configured to engage a cargo hook mount on the underside of the fuselage of the helicopter, the attachment mechanism having a body and first and second opposing mounting arm portions extending from the body, each of the first and second opposing mounting arm portions being configured to be fixedly received in respective first and second opposing couplers of the cargo hook mount;
first and second struts extending from respective opposing sides of the forward end portion, each of the first and second struts configured to engage a respective side mount on the fuselage of the helicopter; and
a cargo hook suspended from the support structure.