Patent ID: 8596701

Claim:
An anchor hoist ring assembly with expansion anchor, the anchor hoist ring assembly comprising: (a) an anchor subassembly including: (i) a bushing element having a cylindrical portion with a retainer engagement section and an anchor shaft section and extending generally along a major axis, a bushing bore extending axially through the cylindrical portion, and a flange portion extending generally radially outward from the cylindrical portion generally between the retainer engagement section and the anchor shaft section, the flange portion having a tool engagement portion, the anchor shaft section having a distal end; (ii) a retainer element having a first end and a second end, a retainer bore extending therebetween, a pair of stud sockets disposed opposingly along a minor axis, the retainer bore being adapted to be in rotatable receiving engagement with the retainer engagement section when the hoist ring assembly is in an assembled configuration; (iii) a fastener element having a fastener head and a threaded portion and being adapted to extend throughout the bushing bore; and (iv) an engagement element having a threaded bore and a proximal end, the threaded bore extending along a bore axis and being adapted to threadedly receive the threaded portion, the proximal end and distal end having respective forms which are complimentary to each other such when the fastener element extends through the bushing bore and is threadedly received by the threaded bore, additional rotation of the fastener element can increasingly force the bore axis out of alignment with the major axis; and (b) a lifting loop element having a pair of legs, each of the legs having a respective pivot stud adapted to be receivingly engaged by a respective one of the stud sockets such that when the hoist ring assembly is in the assembled configuration the lifting loop element is connectedly associated with the anchor subassembly and is: (i) rotatable through a generally 360-degree angle about the major axis with respect to the bushing element with the minor axis remaining generally perpendicular to the major axis; and (ii) pivotable through at least approximately a 180-degree angle about the minor axis with respect to the anchor subassembly.