Patent ID: 7350770

Claim:
An air conditioner compressor hoist comprising: a base having an in use and a storage configuration; wherein when in said in use configuration, said base having at least three legs extending away from a base support to a first length defined as a radially greatest length from the base support along each of the three legs to a most distant point of each of the at least three legs from the base support for the at least three legs, and when in the storage configuration, at least portions of said at least three legs are one of removable and pivotable to a collapsed configuration having a second length defined from the base support to the most distant point of each of the at least three legs connected to the base support in the collapsed configuration, with the second distance being shorter than the first distance; a cord connected to a drum operably coupled to the base; a lifting arm and connected to an arm support rotatably positionable relative to the base, said lifting arm having a third length intermediate the support and a most distant contact point for the cord extending downwardly from the lifting arm in an in use configuration; wherein the third length is greater than the second length; at least one gusset at a connection of the lifting arm to the arm support, said gusset connecting the lifting arm to the arm support in the in use configuration; a pivot connection connecting the lifting arm to the arm support, wherein said lifting arm may be rotated about the pivot connection to a storage configuration; and locking pins which pass through bores in the arm support and at least one gusset providing a hold configuration in use configuration and when the locking pins are removed, a release configuration is provided wherein the lifting arm is rotatable about the pivot connection to the storage configuration.