Toggle device for lifting heavy objects

Claim 1

IN A LIFTING TOGGLE MECHANISM FOR LIFTING HEAVY OBJECTS IN WHICH THE OBJECT TO BE LIFTED IS ADAPTED TO BE ENGAGED BY A PORTION OF THE LIFTING TOGGLE MECHANISM, SAID LIFTING TOGGLE MECHANISM INCLUDING AN ELONGATED SHAFT PROVIDED WITH A LIFTING ATTACHMENT AT ITS UPPER END, AN ELONGATED TOGGLE MEMBER PIVOTED INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS TO THE LOWER END PORTION OF THE ELONGATED SHAFT, SAID TOGGLE MEMBER BEING SWINGABLE INTO A FIRST POSITION IN WHICH IT IS IN GENERAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE ELONGATED SHAFT FOR MOVEMENT WITH THE LOWER END PORTION OF THE SHAFT INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE OBJECT TO BE LIFTED, AND SAID TOGGLE MEMBER BEING SWINGABLE FROM SAID FIRST POSITION INTO A SECOND POSITION IN WHICH IT EXTENDS TRANSVERSELY OF SAID SHAFT FOR ANCHORING THE LIFTING TOGGLE MECHANISM IN A LIFTING RELATION TO THE OBJECT TO BE LIFTED, WHEREIN THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISES PULL MEANS ATTACHED TO ONE END PORTION OF THE TOGGLE MEMBER NEAR BUT SPACED FROM ITS PIVOT POINT AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY ALONG THE SHAFT TO THE UPPER PORTION THEREOF FOR POSITIVELY SWINGING THE TOGGLE MEMBER FROM ITS FIRST POSITION WITH RESPECT TO THE SHAFT INTO ITS SECOND AND LIFTING POSITION IN WHICH IT EXTENDS TRANSVERSELY OF SAID SHAFT, AND AN OPERATING HANDLE MEANS MOUNTED ON THE UPPER PORTION OF THE SHAFT TO WHICH SAID PULL MEANS IS CONNECTED.