Patent ID: 6568730
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: B66C,E04G,Y10S

Abstract:
An object handling device including:a support body; an elongate anchor body, having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal dimension extending between said proximal and distal ends, which body is mounted at said proximal end thereof to said support body so as to project from the support body for insertion into an undercut cavity extending into an object from an edge or face of the object to be handled and so as to be rotatable about an axis generally parallel to said longitudinal dimension of said anchor body; at least one anchor lug at or adjacent to said distal end of the anchor body movable by rotation of the anchor body between a first position in which the anchor body is able to be inserted into or withdrawn from the cavity, and a second position in which said at least one anchor lug engages a respective undercut shoulder portion in said cavity; means on said anchor body engagable for rotating said anchor body to move said at least one anchor lug between said first and second positions; lift means on said support body engagable by a crane to lift the object; and lock means responsive to said lift means to block movement of said at least one anchor lug from said second position.