Patent ID: 8286753

Claim:
A method for installing a steel pump jack to a wood pole comprising the steps of: placing a u-shaped shackle component of an upper shackle assembly about the wood pole; closing a brake of the assembly with the shackle component to engage with the pole if a crank handle of the assembly fails including the steps of moving a latch plate of the brake from an open position to a partially closed position with the shackle component, the latch plate having a first side and a second side, the first side has a latch tab and the second side has a slot and a cover rib, the cover rib has a hole, the hole in the cover rib receives an end of the crank handle; sliding the latch plate into a closed position where the latch plate tab of the latch plate is inserted into the slot of the shackle component; inserting a pin into a latch plate hole of the latch plate tab to hold the latch plate in place with the shackle component during use; and extending the crank handle through the shackle component to engage the pole.