Patent ID: 6412649
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: B66C

Abstract:
A spreader bar apparatus, comprising:a) a bar member having a bar length and first and second end portions; b) the first end portion having a first bar end with a lifting portion; c) the second end portion having a second bar end with a lifting portion; d) a flexible member having end portions and a central portion and a length that approaches the bar length, and being supported by the bar member at a position next to the bar lifting portions, the flexible member being spaced farther from the bar at its central portion than at its end portions; e) attachments at spaced apart intervals along the flexible member; f) a lifting line that is attachable to the flexible member at a selected one of the attachments on the flexible member; and g) wherein the flexible member is comprised of a plurality of separate elements that are connected together at locations next to said attachments wherein the flexible member is comprised of a plurality of links that are pinned together.