Patent ID: 8226069

Claim:
A boom mountable robotic arm for temporarily supporting energized electrical conductors comprising: a single elongate unitary beam adapted for coupling with an upper end of a boom, at least two electrically insulated support posts coupled to and spaced apart along said beam, each of said at least two electrically insulated support posts adapted to temporarily support energized electrical conductors, a first rotation coupling that provides selectively controllable rotation of said beam about a first axis of rotation and wherein said first axis of rotation extends between said beam and the upper end of the boom for rotation of said beam relative to said boom in a substantially vertical plane, wherein said at least two electrically insulated support posts include first and second insulated support posts coupled one on each of opposite ends of said beam on respective second and third rotation couplings having corresponding substantially parallel axes of rotation allowing distal ends of the first and second support posts, distal from said beam, to rotate towards or away from each other.