Patent ID: 7544120

Claim:
A portable hanger for raising and supporting weights to a post, comprising: a frame having a crane shape with an enlarged base having an indented side adapted for wrapping about a perimeter portion of an upright post, and an upper end having narrow bent tip for supporting a weight therefrom, the frame having a plurality of elongated bars that are attached at a bottom end to the enlarged base and at a top end to the upper end of the frame; a mounting plate having a first keyhole slot and a second keyhole slot, that is fixably attached to a midportion of the frame between the enlarged base and the upper end of the frame; and an elongated cable having a first end with a first enlarged stop, and a second end having a second enlarged stop, wherein the first enlarged stop of the cable is attached to the frame by the first keyhole slot, so that second end of the cable is wrapped about the post so that the second enlarged stop is inserted into a wide opening of the second keyhole slot and slid into a narrow portion of the keyhole slot, so that the frame is hanging from the post while both the first and the second enlarged stops of the cable are be locked into the first and the second keyhole slots, and while the bent narrow tip of the frame is angled away from and substantially above the enlarged base of the frame.