Patent ID: 7240934

Claim:
An adjustable carrying device for a single handed grasping, lifting and transporting of an object which has at least two parallel opposed surfaces and a width between said parallel opposed surfaces, said carrying device comprising: a first and a second gripping member pivotally and slidably connected to each other; a gripping plate having a mounting bracket attached to a back surface and a front surface carried by each gripping member in opposing fashion for receiving said object therebetween; a pair of generally L-shaped levers carried by said first gripping member fixed in parallel alignment to one another by an attachment member inserted through a spacer bushing; an elongated member carried by said second gripping member having first and second ends; an end leg downwardly extending from said first end of said elongated member at a right angle thereof; a guide track longitudinally extending from said second end of said elongated member for housing said spacer bushing therewithin in a manner that allows said spacer bushing to slide and spin along said guide track; a plurality of evenly spaced elements downwardly protruding from a top portion of said guide track; locking means carried by said levers structurally cooperating with said evenly spaced elements for impeding the outward linear travel of said first gripping member in relation to said second gripping member; biasing means connecting said gripping members for urging said gripping members against said received object; a handle assembly comprising a pair of handle brackets spaced by a handgrip carried by said first gripping member for sliding and pivoting said first gripping member in relation to said second gripping member and for holding said adjustable carrying device; wherein a downward pivotal movement of said handle assembly deactivates said locking means allowing said gripping plates to be adjusted against said received object and wherein a subsequent upward pivotal movement of said handle assembly activates said locking means, impeding the outward linear travel of said first gripping member and causing said gripping plates to be pivotally forced towards each other thereby gripping the object to be lifted.