Patent ID: 6846027
Filing Date: 2005-01-25
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A panel carrying device for engaging holes formed in walls of a concrete form panel for aiding in the carrying of the panel, the panel carrying device comprising: an elongate handle for gripping by a hand of a user, the handle having opposite ends; a pair of elongate arms, each of the elongate arms being mounted on one of the opposite ends of the handle such that the handle extends between the elongate arms, each of the elongate arms having a first end and a second end, the first end of each of the elongate arms being insertable into a hole in the concrete form panel; wherein an elongate slot is formed in each of the elongate arms for engaging an edge of the wall of the panel about the hole in the panel, the slot being formed in the first end of the arm; and wherein a longitudinal axis of the slot of each of the arms is positioned substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the respective elongate arm for aligning the wall of the panel substantially parallel to the handle when each of the arms is extended through the holes in the wall of the concrete form panel; wherein a peripheral wall surface of the first end of each of the arms is arcuate for guiding insertion of the first end of the respective arm into and through one of the holes of the walls of the concrete form panel.