Patent ID: 7575260
Filing Date: 2009-08-18
Classification: B65G,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A compressed gas storage cylinder lifting device comprising handle means, a first frame member, and a second frame member pivotably connected to the first frame member, the first and second frame members adapted to pivot between a first, open, configuration and a second, closed, configuration, wherein at least a portion of inner walls of the first and second frame members form a gripping surface, which gripping surface is adapted to lie substantially parallel with side walls of the compressed gas storage cylinder when in the second, closed, configuration; wherein the handle means slope downward with respect to the compressed gas storage cylinder when in the second, closed configuration, wherein the first and second frame members are shaped such that when in the second, closed, configuration they define a substantially circular shaped aperture, wherein when the lifting device is positioned upright and no upward pressure is applied to the frame members, the first and second frame members pivot under their own weight into the first, open, configuration, but are prevented from further pivotal movement by a first abutment member located on the first frame member abutting a second abutment member located on the second frame member and wherein the frame members each comprise a first portion, proximal to the pivots, which first portions, when in the first, open, configuration, extend away from the pivots at substantially 180° to each other.