Patent ID: 8061247

Claim:
A deflectable lifting device for lifting a sheet or web of material in a conveying system, comprising: a base portion and a bendable arm portion, integral with one another and of 1-piece construction, wherein the base portion comprising a leading edge, a trailing edge opposite the leading edge, a top surface, a bottom surface, and at least one groove configured to secure the deflectable lifting device in a corresponding slot in a retaining board, the groove extending in a direction from the top surface toward the bottom surface, the top surface lies along a first plane that is substantially perpendicular to a direction from the top surface to the bottom surface and the base portion has a thickness defined as the distance between the leading edge and the trailing edge, and the bendable arm portion comprising an arm extending upwardly from the base portion above the first plane contiguously to a curved transition portion, and terminating in a lobular head which extends downwardly from the curved transition portion, wherein the arm having a width and a thickness each of which is less than the thickness of the base portion.