Patent ID: 8602469
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: B66C

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for gripping and lifting cumbersome articles comprising: (a) a pair of gripping members mounted at either end of an end bar having a sliding arm mounted thereto, the sliding arm having a plurality of holes along its length; (b) a main tube for receiving the sliding arm, the main tube having a plurality of holes along its length and adapted to receive the sliding arm at a first end, and further having a fastener receptacle and a pivot hole at a second end, which pivot hole is adapted to receive a pivot pin; (c) a pin for engaging the sliding arm within the main tube by insertion first through a selected hole along the length of the main tube and then through a selected hole along the length of the sliding arm; (d) a safety latch lever, pivotably mounted to the fastener receptacle of the main tube at a first end of the safety latch lever, said safety latch lever having a V-shaped slot at a second end; (e) an upper tube having holes along its length and adapted to receive at a first end a pin positioner having a lifting device receptacle, a pivot block mounted to the second end of the upper tube and a cross bar attached thereto, said cross bar having a pair of gripping members mounted at either end, and a pivot pin extending through the pivot block and the second end of the main tube; (f) a pin for engaging the upper tube within the pin positioner by insertion first through a hole along the length of the pin positioner and then through a hole along the length of the upper tube; and (g) means for connecting the safety latch lever through its slot to the upper tube.