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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 1985
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1984
John J Lanigan, Sr, Tinley Park, IL (US);
Myron Glickman, Morton Grove, IL (US);
Thazhuthekudiyil V George, Chicago, IL (US);
Bernard A Ermel, Clarendon Hills, IL (US);
Mi-Jack Products, Inc., Hazel Crest, IL (US);
Abstract
A lifting apparatus having a grappler system by which one or a plurality of stacked containers may be lifted and transported. The grappler system includes pin devices capable of being inserted into standard holes provided at the corners of the container. The grappler system operates to support the bottom two containers of a plurality in a stack being lifted and is capable of dropping off the bottom container, while maintaining support of the container thereabove. The apparatus includes a hollow center design so that the containers can extend to a position above the top structural portions of the crane.