Patent ID: 8402701

Claim:
A handling anchor comprising: a first element extending substantially in a first direction, the first element including a head for hooking the anchor to a handling machine, and a body portion integral with and extending from the head in the first direction, the body portion including active portions which, when the anchor is integral with a building component, provides adhesion of the anchor to the building component, wherein the body portion includes at least one transverse bend, a first generally planar active facet located beyond the bend and remote from the head in the first direction, and a second generally planar active facet located beyond the first generally planar active facet in the first direction so that the first generally planar active facet is located between the head and the second generally planar active facet, and the first and second generally planar active facets define a succession of facets extending from the head in the first direction in a zigzag pattern; and a second element including a head for hooking the anchor to the handling machine, and a body portion inversely bent relative to the body portion of the first element, wherein the heads of the first and second elements are in contact with each other, and the body portions of the first and second elements are in contact with each other at respective bends.