Patent ID: 7377741

Claim:
An articulating apparatus for assisting in lifting and moving a rclatively heavy and/or awkward load, comprising: a fixed stationary sustantially-vertical support pole; first means for receiving said load; said first means for receiving said load includes a fork assembly having a pair of forks rigidly secured to a fork spindle, second means operably connected to said first means for pivoting said first means in a substantially-horizontal plane; third means operably connected to said first means and said second means for rotating said first means; said third means for rotating said first means includes a swing top pipe which is rotatably supported on said fixed stationary substantially-verticalsupport pole, a pair of anchor control arm brackets welded to said swing top pipe, a pair of fork control arm brackets connected to said first means, and an upper control arm and a lower control arm interconnected between said anchor control arm brackets and said fork control arm brackets; fourth means operably connected to said second means and said third means for lifting and lowering said first means; and fifth means operably connected to said first means, said second means, and said third means for twisting said first means to either side 360° if necessary to transfer said load off of said first means.