Patent ID: 8459897

Claim:
A slab jack assembly for raising a fragmented slab upward and out from between sections of a concrete slab from which said fragmented slab is cut, the fragmented slab including a plurality of fragments; said slab jack comprising: a) a planar support positionable on top of the fragmented slab; b) first and second jacks connected to said planar support and positioned such that a base of each of said jacks engages an upper surface of the concrete slab; said first jack engaging the upper surface of the concrete slab outward from a first side of the fragmented slab and said second jack engaging the upper surface of the concrete slab outward from a second side of the fragmented slab; c) a plurality of securement pins mounted on said planar support and insertable into holes bored in the plurality of fragments in the fragmented slab; said securement pins expandable within the holes bored in the plurality of fragments to secure said plurality of fragments to said planar support; and d) said first and second jacks operable to lift said planar support and said plurality of fragments secured thereto upward relative to said concrete slab; said slab jack assembly further comprising: e) a lift connector connected to said planar support and removably connectable to a mobile carrier capable of lifting the lifting apparatus with or without a fragmented slab connected thereto relative to the concrete slab from which the fragmented slab is cut.