Patent Application
20240042917
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The disclosure relates to tie down hook device and more particularly pertains to a new tie down hook device for stabilizing a tie down hook.
The prior art relates to tie down hook devices. The prior art includes a variety of tie down hook devices having a magnet to assist in securing the tie down hook to a vehicle. Known prior art lacks a tie down hook device having a holster sheathing a magnet and being coupled to a hook configured for retaining the tie down hook in place within the bed of the vehicle truck.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a holster sheathing a magnet. The holster has a first end and a second end. The first end of the holster holds the magnet. The magnet is configured for securing to a vehicle truck by a magnetic attraction. The second end of the holster has an aperture wherein a hook is secured to the aperture of the holster. The hook has a first flange and a second flange. The first flange of the hook is nested within the aperture of the holster. The second flange of the hook is configured for securing to a tie down hook for a tie down strap used in a bed of the vehicle truck.
Furthermore, a method for reinforcing a tie down hook on a vehicle truck includes the step of attaching the tie down hook of a tie down strap to a latch of an interior of a bed of a vehicle truck. The tie down strap is configured for retaining a variety of items in a fixed position upon the bed of the vehicle truck. The user inserts a second flange of a hook into an opening of the tie down hook, wherein a tip of the second flange secures the hook to the tie down hook of the tie down strap. The user positions a holster of a first flange of the hook against an exterior of the bed of the vehicle truck. A magnet of the holster retains the holster and the hook in a fixed position relative to the vehicle truck, thus the tie down hook is held in a fixed position against the hook. The user fastens a second tie down hook of the tie down strap to the interior of the bed of the vehicle truck, thus securing the variety of items within the bed of the vehicle truck in a fixed position relative to the tie down strap. Subsequently, the user pulls the holster from the exterior of the bed of the vehicle truck prior to removing the second flange of the hook from the opening of the tie down hook.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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Furthermore, a hook 28 is secured to the aperture 26 of the holster 12, as shown in
In use, the user attaches the tie down hook 38 of the tie down strap 40 to a latch 44 of an interior 46 of the bed 42 of the vehicle truck 18. The tie down strap 40 is configured for retaining a variety of items 48 in a fixed position upon the bed 42 of the vehicle truck 18. The user inserts the second flange 32 of the hook 28 into an opening 50 of the tie down hook 38 wherein the tip 36 of the second flange 32 secures the hook 28 to the tie down hook 38 of the tie down strap 40. The user positions the holster 12 of the first flange 30 of the hook 28 against an exterior 52 of the bed 42 of the vehicle truck 18. The magnet 14 of the holster 12 retains the holster 12 and the hook 28 in a fixed position relative to the vehicle truck 18, thus the tie down hook 38 is held in a fixed position against the hook 28. The user fastens a second tie down hook 54 of the tie down strap 40 to the interior 46 of the bed 42 of the vehicle truck 18, thus securing the variety of items 48 within the bed 42 of the vehicle truck 18 in a fixed position relative to the tie down strap 40. Subsequently, the user pulls the holster 12 from the exterior 52 of the bed 42 of the vehicle truck 18 prior to removing the second flange 32 of the hook 28 from the opening 50 of the tie down hook 38.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
