Patent ID: 8888410

Claim:
A heavy lift system for lifting large mass structures, comprising: a plurality of modular units each of the modular units comprising a pair of spaced apart supporting legs, a transverse beam having opposing ends, each end being engageable to one of said supporting legs in a substantially transverse relationship to longitudinal axes of said supporting legs, a means carried by said transverse beam for engaging in suspension a large mass structure; and a means for moving said transverse beam up and down along said supporting legs, thereby moving said large mass structure engaged to said transverse beam, wherein the plurality of modular units are capable of moving the transverse beam of each of the modular units in unison to lift said large mass structure engaged to the transverse beam of each modular unit; and wherein the transverse beams of said plurality of modular units are held in a substantially parallel relationship by connecting beams that extend between and are secured to the transverse beams.