The invention relates to an eyed hook having a shackle engaged in its eye. The eye has a flattened neck to allow the shackle to be engaged, while the shackle has a slot bridged over by a securing bolt, the width of the slot being greater than the width of the material of the hook constituting the neck, but less than the width of the remainder of the material of the hook constituting the eye.

The neck is located where the eye merges into the hook, the neck having a transverse bore to take a locking device which also acts as a bearing for a pivoted safety catch of conventional type.

The invention relates to an eyed hook with a shackle engaged in its eye, the eye having a flattened neck to allow theshackle to be engaged in the eye while the shackle has a slot bridged over by a securing bolt, the width of the slot being greater than the width of the neck but less than the width of the remainder of the eye. In a known hook of this general kind the eye has a flattened neck located along its side.

This is not entirely satisfactory, in the first place because the neck weakens the eye in a critical region. Furthermore, when the securing bolt has beenremoved, the shackle can part company entirely from the hook and become lost.