Patent ID: 7287476

Claim:
A device for grabbing and holding a rail panel, the rail panel having a first and a second spaced apart rail, the first rail being parallel to and linked to the second rail, the grabbing device comprising: a frame configured to be mounted on a rail panel, the rail panel having a first and a second spaced apart rail, the first rail being parallel to and linked to the second rail; and a plurality of moveable elements coupled to said frame, said grabbing device being configured such that the frame can be mounted on the rail panel with the plurality of moveable elements located between the first rail and the second rail, said moveable elements being configured to move outwardly from a retracted position to an extended position in order to contact respective first and second parallel rails; wherein, when said frame is mounted on the rail panel and said plurality of moveable elements move outwardly from the retracted position to the extended position so as to contact respective first and second parallel rails, said grabbing device is fixed to the rail panel such that the rail panel is held by the grabbing device and is lifted by lifting the grabbing device.