Automatically releasable cable hook

Claim 1

A CABLE HOOK FOR FORMING CABLE LOOPS COMPRISING, A SHANK MEMBER, MEANS ON THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID SHANK MEMBER FOR RECEIVING A CABLE, MEANS ROTATABLY MOUNTED RELATIVE TO SAID SHANK MEMBER FOR FORMING A RELEASABLE HOOK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BOTTOM END OF SAID SHANK MEMBER, SAID RELEASABLE HOOK ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE END OF THE CABLE THEREIN WHEREBY A LOOP WILL BE FORMED IN SAID CABLE, MEANS FOR ROTATABLY BIASING SAID HOOK FORMING MEANS TO AN OPEN OR RELEASED POSITION, MEANS FOR OVERCOMING THE BIAS FORCE OF SAID BIASING MEANS WHEREBY A STATIC BALANCE WILL BE MAINTAINED ON SAID HOOK FORMING MEANS FOR RETAINING SAID HOOK FORMING MEANS IN CLOSED OR HOOK-FORMING POSITION, AND MEANS FOR EJECTING THE CABLE END FROM SAID HOOK FORMING MEANS WHEN SAID OVERCOMING MEANS IS RELIEVED AND SAID BIAS MEANS OPERATES TO OPEN SAID HOOK FORMING MEANS, SAID EJECTING MEANS COMPRISING, AN EJECTOR HOUSING, ONE END OF SAID HOUSING MOUNTED AT THE UPPER END OF SAID SHANK MEMBER FOR ROTATION WITH RESPECT THERETO, SAID HOOK FORMING MEANS COMPRISING, A LATCH MEMBER ROTATABLY MOUNTED AT THE OTHER END OF SAID EJECTOR HOUSING, SAID SHANK MEMBER HAVING A DOWNWARDLY OPENING RECESS AT THE BOTTOM END THEREOF, SAID LATCH MEMBER AND SAID RECESS FORMING A REEVEWAY FOR THE CABLE WHEN SAID OVERCOMING MEANS OPERATES TO MAINTAIN SAID HOOK FORMING MEANS IN STATIC BALANCE.