Patent ID: 7481609

Claim:
A method for loading a concrete double-tee having a deck, a first leg and a second leg onto a support structure having a base, a stanchion extending upwardly from the base, an arm pivotally connected to the stanchion and extending between a first and second end, the arm having a first bracket disposed near the first end and a second bracket disposed near the second end, the method comprising the acts of: positioning the arm in a first position in which the arm is substantially horizontal, the arm being pivotally biased toward the first position; lowering the double-tee onto the arm such that the first leg of the double-tee is received by the first bracket and the second leg of the double-tee is received by the second bracket; and pivoting the arm and double-tee to a second position in which the second end of the arm contacts the base to support the arm, the arm being biased toward the second position when the arm supports the double-tee.