The Boeing Company

Kate A Ackerman

Gregory James Werner

Robert William Dost

Anthony Todd Lefkowicz

Christopher J Sanchez

Andrew B Mgebroff

Kenneth L McElhaney

Jarrod P Ming

Tracy M Brown

Phillip W Rogen

Jose L Cisnero

Dale R Tallyn

A removable hoist assembly for lifting a load up and into a confined space in the form of a kit has a support structure releasably coupled to overhead structural beams in the confined space, a motor releasably coupled to the support structure above the support structure between the overhead structural beams, a hoist arm releasably coupled to the support structure to be rotatable and extendable with respect to the support structure, and a cable supported by the hoist arm. The cable has a free end positioned proximate a distal end of the hoist arm and configured to couple to the load and a terminal end coupled to the motor such that the cable extends and retracts with respect to the motor. The hoist arm support structure spreads the weight of the motor, hoist arm and the load across a plurality of the overhead structural beams.

Hoist assembly and method of lifting

A stabilizing device for a handheld measurement device. An illustrative embodiment of the stabilizing device includes a device harness adapted to receive the handheld measurement device and having a handle opening and a nose opening and at least one harness attachment device carried by the device harness. A method for taking surface measurements with a handheld measurement device is also disclosed.

Stabilizing device and method for handheld measurement device

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Seattle, WA, United States of America

Kate A Ackerman