Bucket hook

1. A bucket hook for supporting tools from a utility bucket, comprising:

a first leg, including:

a first hook;

a gate mounted to the first leg and movable between a first position in which it contacts the first hook, and a second position in which it is pivoted away from the first hook; and

spring biasing means resiliently urging the gate towards the closed position;

a second leg spaced from the first leg; and

a crossbar interconnecting the first leg and the second leg, wherein the first leg, the second leg, and the crossbar cooperatively define an interior space having an inverted L shape.

2. The bucket hook of claim 1 , wherein the spring biasing means include a compression spring having one end received in a seat in the gate and a second end received in a pocket of the first leg.

3. The bucket hook of claim 1 , wherein a distal end of the gate includes an enlarged tab.

4. The bucket hook of claim 1 , wherein a distal end of the gate includes a concave recess complementary to a shape of a distal end of the first hook.

5. The bucket hook of claim 1 , wherein a distal end of the first hook has a hemispherical shape.

6. The bucket hook of claim 1 , wherein the first hook is U-shaped.

7. The bucket hook of claim 1 , wherein the first leg has a stretched Z shape, including a middle segment, an upper segment, and a lower segment.

8. The bucket hook of claim 1 , wherein the second leg includes a second hook.

9. The bucket hook of claim 2 , wherein the second hook is U-shaped.

10. The bucket hook of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the crossbar, the first leg, or the second leg has a square or rectangular cross-sectional shape.

11. A bucket hook for supporting tools from a utility bucket, comprising:

a crossbar with a first end and a second end;

a first leg extending between a first end that joins the first end of the crossbar and a second end that defines a second hook, the first leg including:

a middle segment extending generally parallel to the crossbar and having an inboard end and an outboard end;

an upper segment extending between the outboard end of the middle segment and the first end of the first leg; and

and a lower segment extending between the inboard end of the middle segment and the second end of the first leg;

a gate having a proximal end which is pivotally mounted to the first leg by a pivot, and a distal end adjacent a distal end of the first hook, the gate being movable between a first position in which it contacts the first hook, and a second position in which it is pivoted away from the first hook;

spring biasing means resiliently urging the gate towards the closed position; and

a second leg having a first end that joins the second end of the crossbar and a second end that defines a second hook.

12. The bucket hook of claim 11 , wherein the first leg, the second leg, and the crossbar cooperatively define an interior space having an inverted L shape.

13. The bucket hook of claim 11 , wherein the pivot is disposed in the first leg, at a junction of the upper segment and the middle segment.

14. The bucket hook of claim 11 , wherein the spring biasing means include a compression spring having one end received in a seat in the gate and a second end received in a pocket of the first leg.

15. The bucket hook of claim 11 , wherein the distal end of the gate includes an enlarged tab.

16. The bucket hook of claim 11 , wherein a distal end of the first hook has a hemispherical shape.

17. The bucket hook of claim 16 , wherein the distal end of the gate includes a concave recess complementary to the shape of the distal end of the first hook.

18. The bucket hook of claim 11 , wherein the first hook is U-shaped.

19. The bucket hook of claim 11 , wherein the second hook is U-shaped.

20. The bucket hook of claim 11 , wherein at least a portion of the crossbar, the first leg, or the second leg has a square or rectangular cross-sectional shape.