摘要 |
Lifting equipment (10) for lifting a heavy load such as an air conditioning unit (11) to be attached to a wall or other elevated surface (12) and its method of use to avoid lifting a heavy hoist is described. The lifting equipment (10) has a foldable frame (14) which is assembled and then attached to the elevated surface (12), a hoist (23) and attachment means (24) for attachment of the load (11) to the hoist (23). A cable (26) of the hoist (23) is attached to the frame (14), alter which operation of the hoist (23) to retract the cable (26) causes the hoist (23) and he attached load (11) to be raised towards the frame (14). After attaching the load (11) to the wall (12), the hoist (23) is detached from the load (11) and actuated by means of a remote controller (29) to lower the hoist (23) from the frame (14). |