Board carrier

Abstract

A compact and versatile device designed to aid the safe lifting and carrying (in an upright position) of large and awkward man-made sheet materials used in the construction industry, so developed to reduce the hazardous and tiring act of bending the back or legs in order to lift heavy sheet materials in common use. The tool is made of strong and durable materials, whilst remaining small enough to be carried easily on the person, so remaining ready for immediate use and consequently more likely to be used than some other, sometimes complicated, devices already on the market. The device consists of a strong carrying shoe suitable to support the lower edge of the sheet material, with a loop of strong but flexible webbing strap which is secured through a purpose-made slot in the carrying shoe. This strap, when wrapped around the operatives hand or wrist, forms an easy means by which a board may then be lifted clear of the ground, and carried away to another place.

1 . I claim as my invention a compact, rigid and durable, hand-sized open-ended ‘L’ section carrier shoe with the capacity to retain sheet materials within its upstands, having a slot to retain a loop of flexible man-made webbing strap providing the means of manually lifting and carrying sheet materials in an upright position.  
     
     
         2 . A hand-sized carrying shoe with strap as claimed in    claim 1   , wherein a fixed or removable insert of protective soft material is provided for the carried sheet to sit upon.  
     
     
         3 . A hand-sized carrying shoe with strap as described in    claim 1    or    claim 2   , wherein an adjustable-length strap is provided e.g. by means of a buckle or other similar device.