Door hook

• US 5,607,131 A
• Filed: 06/22/1995
• Issued: 03/04/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Adams Mfg Corporation (Keter Group SA)
• Original Assignee: Adams Mfg Corporation (Keter Group SA)
• Inventors: Adams, William E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ramirez, Ramon O.
• Application Number:
  US08/493,647
• Time in Patent Office: 621 Days
• Field of Search: 248/215, 248/208, 248/225.21, 248/227.1, 248/227.2, 248/217.1, 248/304, 248/301, 248/914, 248/205.3
• US Class Current: 248/215
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 25/0614 for mounting to a door top
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/914 Handbag holder

Abstract

An improved door hook or bracket which is thin enough to fit between the top of the door and the jamb, and strong enough to hold significant weight when the door is opened. The door hook is comprised of a U-shaped bracket which has a top having a bottom surface, a front side having a hook and a back side having an adhesive layer attached to the inside surface thereof. The front side is attached to one edge of the top at an acute angle relative to the bottom surface of the top. A compressible pad may be attached to the bottom surface of the top. The compressible pad preferably has a releasable adhesive. Flexible molded-in protrusions may be used as the compressible pad.

Claims

1. An improved mounting bracket to be extended over a door top to both sides of a door, comprising:

a) a U-shaped bracket having

i) a top which has a bottom surface,

ii) a front side which is attached to one edge of the top at an acute angle relative to the bottom surface of the top, and

iii) a back side which is attached to an edge of the top opposite to the front side;

b) an adhesive layer applied to the back side on a surface facing the front side; and

c) a hook attached to the front side.

2. The improved mounting bracket of claim 1 wherein the adhesive material is a strip of a double sided adhesive tape.

3. The improved mounting bracket of claim 2 wherein the double sided adhesive tape is a foam backed tape.

4. The improved mounting bracket of claim 1 wherein the top is about 0.050 to 0.070 inches thick.

5. The improved mounting bracket of claim 1 wherein the U-shaped bracket is made of one of polycarbonate, a polyolefin and polypropylene.

6. The improved mounting bracket of claim 1 also comprising a compressible pad attached to the bottom surface of the top.

7. The improved mounting bracket of claim 6 wherein the compressible pad is about 0.015 to 0.0425 inches thick.

8. The improved mounting bracket of claim 6 wherein the compressible pad has durometer under 90.

9. The improved mounting bracket of claim 8 wherein the compressible pad is made of materials selected from the group consisting of soft plastics, rubber and dense foam.

10. The improved mounting bracket of claim 8 wherein the compressible pad is made of any thin, partly compressible material with a high frictional coefficient.

11. The improved mounting bracket of claim 8 wherein the compressible pad has an adhesive on a surface which abuts the door top.

12. The improved mounting bracket of claim 11 wherein adhesive on the surface of the compressible pad which abuts the door top is releasable.

13. The improved mounting bracket of claim 8 wherein the bottom surface of the top has a molded ridge to which the compressible pad is attached.

14. The improved mounting bracket of claim 1 wherein the back side is angled inwardly toward the bottom surface of the top.

15. The improved mounting bracket of claim 1 also comprising a plurality of molded-in protrusions on the bottom surface of the top.

16. The improved mounting bracket of claim 15 wherein the protrusions are about 1/32 to 1/64 inches long and 3/4 to 1 inches wide.

17. The improved mounting bracket of claim 1 wherein a notch is provided between the bottom surface of the top and at least one of the front side and the back side.

18. The improved mounting bracket of claim 1 also comprising at least one locking hub attached to the front side of the U-shaped bracket, and the hook is comprised of an arm portion and a bottom hook portion, the arm portion being removably inserted into the at least one locking nub.