Patent ID: 8747021

Claim:
A transport apparatus for the engagement, orientation and installation of a unit of paving blocks, said transport apparatus comprising a support frame having a pair of spaced apart aligned pivot connections, a pair of parallel support arms each support arm being pivotally connected to a respective one of said pair of pivot connections under said support frame, two or more spaced-apart parallel block engaging arms each displaceably secured by connecting means to said pair of parallel support arms, operable displacement means for simultaneously displacing said parallel support arms and said block engaging arms, said block engaging arms each having two or more block surface engagements means for releasable securement to a top face of respective ones of paving blocks in said unit of paving blocks, said operable displacement means when at a first position aligning said surface engagements means on transverse parallel axes and when at a predetermined second position aligning said surface engagement means and said block engaging arms offset on parallel angulated axes with respect to said support frame.