Patent ID: 8066161

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: at least a pair of body-worn garments and a supported article, in which each of the body-worn garments has: a front facing side and a rear facing side; and at least one adjustable lift mechanism attached to said at least one body-worn garment, said at least one lift mechanism being attachable to an article to be supported by said at least one lift mechanism; said at least one lift mechanism comprising a first block and a second block axially aligned with one another, each of said first and second blocks comprising at least one pair of pulleys and a cable wound through the pulleys; wherein the pair of body-worn garments are wearable by at least two persons, each of said body-worn garments including at least one lift mechanism that is attached to said garment and to said supported article, respectively; and wherein an extending end of the cable extending from said at least one lift mechanism, on each of the body-worn garments, is acted upon to control the vertical movement of said supported article, and said at least one lift mechanism includes a locking mechanism to lock the extending end of said cable in one direction.