Patent ID: 7520398

Claim:
A gin hoist for lifting and supporting electrical cable to and from a cross arm attached to a power pole or other cable support structure, comprising: a base support structure having a lower yoke end adapted to straddle a cross arm, the yoke including upper and lower load bearing support members spaced by a greater distance than the vertical thickness of the cross arm to respectively bear on the upper and lower surfaces of the cross arm and orient the base support structure on the cross arm at an angle of substantially less than 90° to the cross arm; an extended support structure pivotally engaged on the base support structure and having a first position in which it is fixed at an outwardly extending angle to the base support structure and a second position in which it lies closely adjacent to the base support structure; the base support structure having a first strap support member located at its upper end for supporting a load bearing strap; and the extended support structure having a second strap support member located at its distal end for supporting a load bearing strap; an anchor support structure extending from the lower yoke end of the base support structure in the opposite direction from that of the extended support structure, the anchor support structure being adapted to engage the upper surface of a cross arm and being rigidly maintained at a fixed angle with respect to the base support structure to prevent the base support structure from pivoting or falling in said opposite direction.