Portable tree swing system

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1996-07-15

1998-01-06

Kramer, Dean

Handling: hand and hoist-line implements

Hand bars and hand barrows

Ball retriever

294 24, B25J 100

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057046697

ABSTRACT:
A hoist line placing device 20, a support cable assembly 50, and a method whereby the support cable assembly is remotely attached to and removed from an out-of-reach overhead object. The hoist line placing device comprises a rigid, elongated, telescopic, tubular pole 21 with a hoist line 30 coaxially threaded through it from bottom to top, and with the free end of the hoist line attached to a closable fastener 40. A supply of hoist line 30 is wound on a line storage device or spool 31 disposed at or near the bottom end of the tubular pole. The support cable assembly comprises a running loop collar 51 connected to the top end of a support cable 60, with a retrieval cable 70 also connected to the support cable at a predetermined position below the running loop collar. The method by which the support cable assembly is used comprises the following steps: (a) placing the hoist line over an overhead object; (b) attaching one end of the hoist line to the bottom end of the support cable; (c) hoisting the support cable over the overhead object until the running loop collar is disposed at eye level; (d) threading the hoist line through the running loop collar to form a running closed loop around the overhead object; and (e) tightening the running closed loop around the overhead object; and thereafter (f) removing the support cable assembly from the overhead object by pulling down on the retrieval cable until the running closed loop comes apart and the support cable assembly falls to the ground.

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