Patent ID: 7448598

Claim:
A panel lifting device, comprising: (a) a channel, wherein one end of said channel is secured to a base, while a second end of said channel is secured to a top assembly, wherein said channel has at least one traveling piston slideably secured inside said channel, and wherein said top assembly comprises of at least one roller and at least one pulley; (b) said traveling piston has a loader secured thereto, wherein said loader has a lip to engage a panel; (c) a winch mechanism, a lever latch, a gear mechanism, at least one guide pulley and at least one handle secured to said channel; (d) a cable, wherein one end of said cable is secured to said traveling piston while the second end of said cable is secured to said winch mechanism, and wherein said cable is looped through a pulley in said top assembly and said at least one guide pulley; (e) wherein said winch mechanism has a winch drive shaft to slidably engage with a rotatable drive shift, such that upon engagement with said rotatable drive shaft said winch drive shaft creates a movement in said cable to vertically move the loader from a first position to a second position.