Support for detachable hanger

Claim 1

A SUPPORT FOR A DETACHABLE HANGER INCLUDING A CLEVIS HAVING AN OPENING IN ITS BOTTOM WALL, A HOOK SUPPORTED ON SAID BOTTOM WALL AND CONSISTING OF A VERTICAL PORTION OF EXTENDING THROUGH SAID OPENING, SAID VERTICAL PORTION OF THE HOOK CONNECTING WITH A DOWNWARDLY INCLINED PORTION TERMINATING IN A HORIZONTAL PORTION CONNECTING WITH AN UPWARDLY INCLINED PORTION THE INNER EDGE OF WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE INNER EDGE OF SAID DOWNWARDLY INCLINED PORTION, SAID HORIZONTAL PORTION OF THE HOOK BEING OF SUBSTANTIAL WIDTH AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH SAID UPWARDLY INCLINED PORTION ACTING TO ACCOMMODATE ONE OR MORE DETACHABLE HANGERS, SAID UPWARDLY INCLINED PORTION HAVING A TAPERED END, AND A LOCKING PLATE HAVING AN OPENING IN ONE END ENGAGING AND MOVABLE ON THE VERTICAL AND DOWNWARDLY INCLINED PORTIONS OF THE HOOK, AND A RECESS AT ITS OUTER END ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID END OF THE HOOK, SAID LOCKING PORTION HAVING A SLOT ADJACENT TO SAID OPENING, A GUIDING RIB ON THE VERTICAL AND DOWNWARDLY INCLINED PORTIONS OF THE HOOK ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID SLOT, AND A SPRING SURROUNDING THE HOOK AND LOCATED BETWEEN THE BOTTOM OF THE CLEVIS AND SAID LOCKING PLATE, THE HOOK HAVING AN INTEGRAL HEAD RESTING UPON AN ASSEMBLY OF WASHERS INCLUDING SPACED METAL WASHERS AND INTERMEDIATE WASHERS OF A MATERIAL THAT IS RESILIENT AND CAPABLE OF RESUMING ITS ORIGINAL SHAPE WHEN PRESSURE IS RELEASED, THE METAL WASHERS BEING OF LARGER DIAMETER THAN THE INTERMEDIATE WASHERS, AND THE LOWERMOST METAL WASHER BEING SUPPORTED ON THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE BOTTOM OF THE CLEVIS, THE HOOK BEING MOVABLE DOWNWARDLY THROUGH SAID OPENING IN THE BOTTOM WALL OF THE CLEVIS WHEN WEIGHT IS SUSPENDED ON THE HOOK, AND A LUG ON THE VERTICAL PORTION OF THE HOOK ADJACENT TO THE BOTTOM SURFACE OF THE CLEVIS AND LIMITING UPWARD MOVEMENT OF THE HOOK.