Patent ID: 8807403

Claim:
A strap lifter comprising: a harness with a generally horizontal strap; a generally horizontal, moveable, flexible upper loop secured to said horizontal strap at both ends of said upper loop, the ends of said upper loop being made of a flexible material; and a generally horizontal, fixed, rigid lower loop also secured at both ends to said horizontal strap, said lower loop being generally parallel to, but beneath, said upper loop; wherein flexing of said ends of the upper loop moves the upper loop toward the rigid lower loop from a raised position to a lowered position; and a central lifter strap threaded around the upper loop and through the lower loop, wherein the upper loop in said raised position is spaced-apart from the lower loop slightly more than the thickness of the central lifter strap, and wherein the upper loop in said lowered position pinches the central lifter strap against the lower loop.