Patent ID: 6241297
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A collapsible panel carrying stick apparatus comprising a dual pair of sticks, one of said sticks in one of said pair being pivotally mounted to one of said sticks in the other of said pair, one of said sticks in each pair of sticks having a guide way for slidably receiving and retracting and telescoping the other of said sticks in each pair of sticks, whereby said one pair of sticks may be pivoted to an end to end relation to the other of said pair of sticks and said other sticks in each pair may be telescoped to an extended position and to place all of said sticks in an aligned extended end to end relation in an upward position; with the other of said sticks in one pair at an upper end of the sticks and the other of said sticks in the other pair at the lower end of the sticks for use;a handle mounted to the other stick at the upper end of the sticks;a projecting flange mounted to the other of said sticks at the lower end of the sticks whereby when the apparatus is in use, the projecting flange may be placed beneath a panel and an operator may raise the stick apparatus and the panel by the handle for carrying the stick and panel,and whereby the sticks in each pair of sticks may be slidably retracted toward one another along said guide ways, and one of said pair of sticks pivoted toward the other of said pair of sticks into a compact side by side relative position for storage when not in use.