Patent ID: 8418979

Claim:
A rigging device, comprising: a. a rigid fixture configured and arranged for lifting engagement by a hoist fine of a crane; b. a support attached to the fixture wherein the support, (i) is operable for rotation about a vertical axis relative to the fixture when the fixture is suspended from a hoist line of a crane as between an engaged and a disengaged position, and, (ii) is operable for reciprocation along the vertical axis as between an up position and a down position; c. an engaging element on a distal end of the support extending different distances from the vertical axis in each of two orthogonal radial axes; d. wherein rotation of the support between the engaged and disengaged positions is allowed when the support is in the up position and rotation of the support from the engaged to the disengaged positions is prevented when the support is in the down position; e. a second support horizontally spaced from the first support; f. an operative coupling between the supports, wherein rotation of one of the supports imparts rotation to the other one of the supports; and g. a lever attached to one of the supports to rotate the one of the supports, in which the operative coupling between the supports imparts rotation of the other one of the supports in response to rotation of the one of the supports with the lever.