Patent ID: 8317244

Claim:
An improvement for an offset hoisting apparatus having at least a top side, a bottom side, a front side, and a rear side, the offset hoisting apparatus for use with a crane apparatus to lift a load, the improvement comprising: a rigid boom having a distal end and a proximal end, the distal end including a hook means for supporting the load; a front mount having a front boom aperture adapted for confining the boom to slidable movement therethrough, the front mount fixed with the offset hoisting apparatus, the distal end cantilevered from the front mount to extend the load through an opening in a wall; and a rear mount having a rear boom aperture adapted for confining the boom to slidable movement therethrough, the rear mount fixed with the offset hoisting apparatus; whereby the boom may be selectively slid between a retracted and an extended position, or therebetween, and the load may then be secured to the hook means at the distal end of the boom, the crane apparatus then able to lift the load.