Lifting device for batteries and the like

A tool for lifting a battery or other object having upright walls, said tool comprising:

• a first gripping member in the form of a rigid and unitary structure having an upright end leg and a handle extended from the upper end of the end leg with the handle being presented at an angle to that end leg, the end leg having a gripping surface at its lower end;
• a second gripping member in the form of a rigid and unitary structure having an upright end leg and a connecting portion extended generally horizontally from the upper end of that end leg and being located below the handle on the first gripping member, the end leg of the second gripping member having a gripping surface at its lower end with that gripping surface being located opposite the gripping surface on the end leg of the first member, the connecting portion of the second member being located adjacent to the end leg of the first member where the connecting portion is provided with a slot and a plurality of spaced apart notches which open into the slot, the slot extending in the direction of the connecting portion;
• and a pin extended through the slot in the connecting portion and secured in the end leg of first member, the pin being sized to fit in the notches of the slots to enable the first member to pivot relative to the second member at any one of the notches, whereby an upwardly directed force exerted on the handle will cause the gripping surfaces of the two gripping members to move together so that the battery may be clamped between them, the pin further being sized to slide along the slot from one notch to the other so that the spacing between the end legs of the two gripping members may be varied, whereby the tool may be adjusted to accommodate batteries of varying widths.