Patent ID: 8434799

Claim:
A sling system adapted for lifting, transporting and tilting a heavy object, said system comprising a plurality of sling units, each of said sling units including a housing, a first roller supported for rotation within said housing of each of said sling units and having an outer surface, each of said sling units including an elongated flexible synthetic fibrous sling having a cross-sectional width substantially greater than its cross-sectional thickness, said sling of each of said sling units having a longitudinal portion extending partially around said outer surface of said roller of the corresponding said sling unit, said sling of each of said sling units having portions spaced from said longitudinal portion of said sling and adapted to be connected to the object at spaced locations on the object, a second roller supported within said housing of each said sling unit below the corresponding said first roller, said second roller of each of said sling units receives a second longitudinal portion of the corresponding said sling, said housing of each of said sling units supports a third roller for rotation above said first roller, and said third roller receives a longitudinal portion of a second said synthetic fibrous sling.