Patent ID: 7165795

Claim:
An air conditioner compressor lifting device comprising: a pair of vertically oriented compressor gripping bars having upper ends and lower ends configured to be fitted vertically to opposing sides of an air conditioning compressor, wherein the lower ends of said pair of vertically oriented compressor gripping bars are further connected to a strap component that is adapted to fit circumferentially about a lower end of the air conditioning compressor such that the lower ends of the vertically-oriented compressor gripping bars are held adjacent the air conditioning compressor and wherein the upper end of each of the vertically-oriented compressor gripping bars is configured to extend outwardly away from the side of the air conditioning compressor to which the gripping bar is fitted; a pair of lifting bars that are disposed angularly above the air conditioning compressor in opposing relationship, the pair of lifting bars having upper ends that are pivotally attached together and having lower ends wherein the lower end of one lifting bar is pivotally connected to the upper end of one of the vertically oriented compressor gripping bars and a lower end of the other lifting bar is pivotally connected to the upper end of the other vertically oriented compressor gripping bar; and a lifting handle attached to the upper ends of the lifting bars; wherein the application of a lifting force lifting handle tightens the strap component.