Patent ID: 7441749

Claim:
A chain guide for guiding a chain about a pocket wheel within a chain hoist, the chain guide comprising: a substantially elongated body having an inner side and an outer side, along with first and second extremities, the substantially elongated body being made of a substantially flexible material for curving said substantially elongated body into a substantially arched configuration about the pocket wheel; first and second chain receiving portions provided adjacent to the first and second extremities respectively of the substantially elongated body, on the inner side thereof, each chain receiving portion comprising a first and second shoulders protruding from the inner side of the body and defining an open channel shaped and sized for slidably receiving a portion of the chain; and a connecting portion for operatively interconnecting the first and second chain receiving portions, the connecting portion including a flexible band capable of deforming to allow a passage of a knot or a twist formed along a segment of the chain when passing between the pocket wheel and the connecting portion of the chain guide.