Lifting assembly
AssigneeT-Z Group, LLC
InventorsRobert Zidar, Gary Thornton
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Abstract
A lifting assembly for raising and supporting a load includes a removable and reusable lifting bracket. The lifting bracket is designed to fit around and support a support bracket that supports a load. The support bracket is installed on the pole of the pier and engages the edge of the load. The lifting bracket is removably attached to a jacking apparatus for pushing or pulling the piering pole through the support bracket and raising the load on the support bracket. After the lifting operation, the lifting bracket is removed from the jacking apparatus and the support bracket attached to the piering pole for use on adjacent piers and on other lifting assemblies.
Claims19
A lifting assembly for raising and supporting a load, the lifting assembly comprising:
- a removable and reusable lifting bracket, the lifting bracket configured from a plurality of permanently secured together pieces;
- a support bracket for permanent attachment to the load, the support bracket having a tubular member depending therefrom, an L-shaped member being attached to the tubular member for supporting the load thereon, a substantially horizontal top member being attached to a top of the tubular member and having an opening extending therethrough for receiving the top of the tubular member, the lifting bracket removably positioned under the support bracket and at least partially surrounding the tubular member;
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- a jacking apparatus having one end removably attached to the lifting bracket and another end attached to a piering pole above the lifting bracket.
A lifting assembly for raising and supporting a load, the lifting assembly comprising:
- a removable and reusable lifting bracket, the lifting bracket configured from a plurality of permanently secured together pieces;
- a support bracket for permanent attachment to the load, the support bracket having a tubular member depending therefrom, an L-shaped member being attached to the tubular member for supporting the load thereon, a substantially horizontal top member being attached to a top of the tubular member and having an opening extending therethrough for receiving the top of the tubular member, the lifting bracket removably positioned under the support bracket and at least partially surrounding the tubular member;
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- a jacking apparatus having one end removably attached to the lifting bracket and another end attached to a piering pole above the lifting bracket, wherein said jacking apparatus for pushing or pulling the piering pole through the support bracket and into the ground.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.