Forged lift anchor for precast portland cement concrete shapes

A lifting assembly for handling precast Portland cement concrete shapes, the lifting assembly comprising:

• an elongate metallic lift anchor characterized by a pair of parallel opposed planar faces, a medial longitudinal axis, and a plane of symmetry parallel to the planar faces, the lift anchor further characterized by
• a lift head portion comprising a lift head through opening for coupling with a lifting apparatus, and an opposed pair of shear flanges symmetrically disposed along the medial longitudinal axis to define a lift head width;
• a proximal embedment portion below the lift head and defining a proximal embedment width, and comprising a shear bar through opening oblong along the medial longitudinal axis;
• a distal embedment portion terminating in a foot characterized by a pair of laterally opposed distal flanges symmetrically disposed along the medial longitudinal axis and defining a distal embedment width, and a throat defining a throat width narrower than the distal embedment width;
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• at least two shear bars, each having a round cross section and a bilaterally symmetrical U-shaped bow transitioning transversely to a pair of opposed coaxially aligned shear arms;
• wherein the at least two shear bars extend through the shear bar through opening with the bilaterally symmetrical U-shaped bows on the medial longitudinal axis and a coaxially aligned shear arm extending away from each planar face, the U-shaped bow having a radius selected to facilitate joining the at least two shear bars with the elongate metallic anchor and rotating the at least two shear bars within the shear bar through opening to adjust shear strength in a precast Portland cement concrete shape.