Patent ID: 9616579
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: B25J,B66C,B66F

Claim:
1. A grip for lifting, supporting, or holding a long object or group of objects, the grip comprising: a lifting eye; a closure formed of a plurality of lines that extend from the lifting eye and that are interwoven with each other, so as to form a dimensionally changeable fabric with an open weave, the closure having a top edge, a bottom edge, and two side edges that are a first closure edge and a second closure edge; and a closure device that extends along the first and second closure edges and is constructed to enable a daisy-chain interlocking closure, so as to circumferentially enclose the long object in the closure; wherein, when the object is lifted, supported or held by means of the lifting eye, tension in the axial direction applied to the closure causes the open weave of the dimensionally changeable fabric to tighten around the object, thereby securely holding the object.