Patent ID: 8353133

Claim:
An anchor for lifting a construction element in which the anchor is partially embedded, the anchor comprising: first and second abutting parts symmetrically disposed with respect to a plane passing between the first and second parts, with the first and second parts in contact with each other along at least one line lying in the plane, wherein the first and second parts have a mirror symmetry with respect to the plane, each of the first and second parts includes a head, a body, and a foot that are continuously and contiguously arranged in that order, the heads of the first and second parts include means for engagement by a handling engine for lifting a construction element in which the anchor is partially embedded, the feet of the first and second parts have respective distal ends, the bodies of the first and second parts are joined to the feet of the first and second parts at respective first bends of the first and second parts, the first and second parts diverge from the plane at the first bends to define divergent arms of the feet, the feet include second bends located intermediate the first bends and the distal ends of the first and second parts and the feet converge toward the plane at the second bends to define convergent arms of the feet, and the distal ends of the first and second parts are in contact with each other along a line in the plane, so that the divergent arms and the convergent arms of the first and second parts define a stiffening case of the anchor for bearing loads applied when a construction element in which the anchor is partially embedded is lifted at the heads of the first and second parts.