Pilfer-resistant peg hook assembly
US5597150A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 22, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jan 28, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 22, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47F5/0869
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A pilfer-resistant peg hook assembly for supporting a plurality of articles incorporating defined slots and enabling only one article at a time to be removed therefrom is formed of a peg hook and a flipper. The peg hook has a pair of opposed ends and a body connecting the same. One of the hook ends is configured and dimensioned to maintain the hook body substantially horizontal when mounted on an appropriate surface, and the other of the hook ends is a free end. The hook body is configured and dimensioned to be received in the slots of the articles and defines a vertically extending bump adjacent to but spaced from the free end. The flipper is pivotably secured adjacent the free end and is movable between an enabling orientation enabling at least partial passage of an article along the book body and onto the flipper as the article moves towards the free end, and a blocking orientation precluding passage of an article onto the flipper as the article moves towards the free end. The flipper is cammed into the blocking orientation by an article passing over the bump.
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