Patent ID: 6869261

Claim:
Apparatus for transporting and assisting in the tilt-up erection of a generally rectangular, pre-cast concrete panel for a building, the panel having opposing faces, surrounded by spaced-apart, relatively long sides and spaced-apart, relatively short first and second ends adjoining the sides and a longitudinal axis that is parallel to the sides, the apparatus comprising a base adapted to be mounted to a vehicle, a frame formed to releasably engage and support the panel adjacent the first end so that the faces are substantially upright, the longitudinal axis is substantially horizontal, and the panel can be removed from the frame by moving it in a direction substantially parallel to the faces, and a connection between the base and the frame permitting tilting movements of the frame relative to the base about a tilt axis that is substantially perpendicular to the faces of the panel so that the second end of the panel can be raised relative to the first end and the base into an upright installation orientation in which the faces and the longitudinal axis are substantially vertical while the panel remains supported by the frame.