Patent ID: 8272672

Claim:
A suspension device for receiving a load, comprising: a U-shaped lifting arm formed of a base plate and two legs extending at an angle to the base plate; a mounting plate for receiving a load and provided on the lifting arm; a guide rod extending between the legs of the U-shaped lifting arm; a suspending fishplate displaceable along the guide rod for suspending the suspension device from a lifting/support unit; and a damping member arranged between one of the legs of the U-shaped arm and the suspension fishplate, with a stiffness of the damping member being so selected that a load is displaced at a predetermined angle to a horizontal, wherein the damping member is formed as a spring, and wherein the suspension device further comprises a tensioning device provided on at least one end of the guide rod for adjusting a preload of the spring and having a spacer sleeve, a first hexagonal nut used as a tensioning nut, and a second hexagonal nut used as a counter-nut.