Patent ID: 7000900

Claim:
A portable reel jack for supporting and lifting large spools of heavy cable, wire and the like, comprising: a base member; a hydraulic lift including a hydraulic cylinder having a base connected to said base member, said lift further including a piston rod extending from said hydraulic cylinder opposite said base of said hydraulic cylinder and configured to move into and out of said cylinder in a vertical direction; a rigid upright member having opposed first and second ends, said first end being pivotally connected to said base member; a rigid first scissor bar having opposed ends and an intermediate portion located between said ends of said scissor bar, said intermediate portion being pivotally connected to said piston rod, a first one of said ends of said scissor bar being pivotally connected to said second end of said upright member; a stanchion defining a free end, a support end opposite said free end and an intermediate portion located between said free end and said support end, said intermediate portion of said stanchion being pivotally connected to a second one of said opposed ends of said first scissor bar; a rigid second scissor bar having opposed ends, a first one of said opposed ends of said second scissor bar being pivotally connected to said second end of said upright member at a location spaced apart from where said first scissor bar is connected, a second one of said opposed ends of said second scissor bar being pivotally connected to said stanchion at a location spaced apart from where said first scissor bar is connected so that said first and second scissor bars are oriented parallel to each other and said stanchion remains vertically oriented during movement of said piston rod relative to said cylinder; a spool support defining an elongated carriage member that is configured to receive one end of a rod carrying a spool, said spool support defining a hollow channel extending transversely to said direction of elongation of said carriage member and receiving therein said free end of said stanchion.