Swivel mounted lifting eye for engines

Claim 1

A lifting eye arrangement disposed on a central longitudinal axis thereof and adapted for attachment to an engine block or the like comprising a pair of annular members each comprising a base portion and a cylindrical hub portion formed integrally on one side of said base portion, the outside diameter of each of said hub portions being substantially less than the corresponding outside dimension of a respective base portion, the hub portions of said members disposed in back-to-back relationship to define a common annular groove circumferentially about said hub portions and axially between said base portions, a ring member rotatably mounted in said groove and having a pair of diametrically opposed lugs extending radially outwardly therefrom beyond said members, a U-shaped lifting eye having a pair of legs each pivotally mounted on a respective one of said lugs, a flange secured on the end of each of said lugs to extend in the direction of said axis and disposed on an outboard side of a respective one of said legs, and an elongated slot formed through each leg of said lifting eye to extend in the direction of said axis along such leg, each of said lugs mounted in a respective one of said slots and wherein the axial distance between a lower end of said flange and an opposite side of a base portion of an adjacent base member, opposite to the side thereof having said hub portion thereon, is less than the axial distance between a lower end of said slot and the end of the leg carrying said slot.