US1185011A - Harness-hook. - Google Patents

Description

C. SIEVERT.

HARNESS HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20. 1915.

Patented May 30, 1916.

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HARNESS-HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 20, 1915. Serial No. 62,519.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHRIST SIEvER'r, a citizen of the United States, residing in Victor township, in the county of Towner and State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness-Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to harness hooks and vertically movable supporting means therefor, and has for its objects to provide against the jamming of the parts whatever the vertical or lateral position of the parts; to provide a horizontally telescopically extensible and contractible harness prong or hook and bracing means therefor, and to simplify the. construction and reduce the cost of manufacture, all of which objects, among others, are accomplished by the combination, construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter more particularly set forth and claimed. 1

In the accompanying drawingszFigure 1 represents a side elevation of the device embodying my invention, the side of the bifurcated end of lever 10 being broken away: Fig. 2, a vertical central sectional view of the same, the bracket and rod or arm 11 being broken away and the latter, the pin and pivoted brace arm being shown in the side elevation, and the cooperating tubular parts of the hook and its brace arm being partly in section and partly in side elevation: Fig. 3, a detail of the lower ball and socket joint and the lever 10 and arm 11, broken away, showing in dotted lines the extreme lateral swing or play of said lever by reason of the ball and socket connections of said lever 10 and arm 11 to the bracket and the vertically sliding block 5; and Fig. 4, a transverse sectional view on the line 47- 1 of Fig. 1.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, 1 represents the bracket having lugs 2 at top and bottom perforated at 3 to allow the passage therethrough of nails, screws or any other suitable fastening means by which said bracket is mounted on the wall or stall. This bracket is provided with two forwardly and inwardly presented integral flanges 4: together, with the rear of said bracket, forming a guideway for the vertically reciprocating block 5.

To the lower part of the bracket 1, is secured, by means of bolts and nuts 6, a stud 7 having a spheroidal end 8 received in the correspondingly recessed, or concavely re cessed, bifurcated end 9 of lever 10 to which the bifurcated rod or arm 11 is adjustably connected by means of a bolt 12 passing through any two of the holes 13 and 14 provided respectively in the lever 10 and arm 11 to allow for such adjustability at this point. The upper end of this rod or arm 11 is provided with a ball 15 received in a correspondingly shaped socket formed in and between block 5 and a plate 16 secured thereto by means of screws or any other convenient and suitable fastening means.

Mounted in transverse recesses in the'back of block 5 are the roller bearings 17 reducing friction between block 5 and bracket 1, preventing jamming between these parts. Mounted fixedly in the block 5 in the longitudinal central line, and near the upper part thereof, is the horizontal pin 18, and in the same vertical plane, below the same, the brace arm 19 is pivotally mounted in plate 16 to move in said vertical plane. A sleeve 20 having a looped outer end is adapted to Patented May 39, 1916.

receive the pin 18 forming therewith a telescopic harness-supporting arm and a sleeve 21, pivotally connected to sleeve 20 by means of a collar encircling the latter, or other suitable means, likewise is adapted to receive the brace arm 19, thus the pin 18 and sleeve 20 adjustable thereon constitute the adjustable hook braced by the telescoping arm 19 and sleeve 21. Friction screws 22 passing through sleeves 20 and 21 respectively-are adapted to engage respectively the pin 18 and the brace arm 19 to hold these parts in any desired position of adjustment.

In Fig. 1 dotted line a shows diagrammatically the central longitudinal line of lever 10 when the block 5 is in its normal position, and the dotted line b shows similarly said line when said block 5 is in its lowered position. In the former position, as shown, the point of connection between the lever 10 and arm 11 will be in a vertical plane nearer the bracket 1 than a vertical plane running through the center of the spheroidal end 8 of stud 7, hence in normal position the weight of the harness, or other articles on the hook, block 5 and arm 11 will operate to hold all parts in their normal position. In Fig. 3 dotted lines 0 show diagrammatically the central longitudinal line of lever 10 in its two extreme lateral positions radiating from said spheroid 8.

In operation, the'ring 23 secured in "the free endof lever is gripped and pulled outward and downward until the point of connection between lever 10 and arm 11 is in a vertical plane farther from the bracket v than the vertical plane through the center block 5 has reached its normal position, when the parts will be looked as shown a above, and described.

1 This article maybe applied to a number of uses in addition to that specificallymen- ,tioned above,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

bination with means connected to said block 7 7 adapted to lock it in its uppermost position i so ,7 Copies oflthi s patent mayjbe obtained for 1., A vertically'slidingblock and an element having a guideway therefor, in comor to permit its descent at will, apin secured in said block, a brace arm pivotally mounted in said block,.two sleeves pivotally connected and telescopically engaging said pin and brace arm respectively and friction screws working through said sleeves to engage respectively the pin and the brace arm to'hold said sleeves in any desired position of adjustment.

2. A'bracket having a guideway, a block reciprocating therein and provided with suspending means, in combination with an arm having ball and socket connection with said block at one end and provided with a series of adjusting holes near its other end, and a lever having similar connection with said bracket near the bottom thereof and provided adjacent said connection with a series of adjusting holes and means passing through any two of the holes to connect said arm and lever together.

8. A bracket having a guideway, a block reciprocating therein and provided with suspending means, in combination with an arm having ball and socket connection with said block, a lever having similar connection with said bracket and means connecting said arm and lever.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

, CHRIST SIEVERT. Witnesses E. E. GANSEN, CARL WILBORN.

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