A portable hoist and a winch. The winch and hoist can be integrated in a single housing or can be attached to one another. The portable hoist provides a user with the ability to hang the portable hoist without the use of other lifting devices, cranes, or rigging and allows the user to do it in a safer manner with less man power. The portable hoist can have a safety pin configured to secure the winch hook in a secured position so as to allow the hoist to lift increased loads.

A portable hoist and a winch. The winch and hoist can be integrated in a single housing or can be attached to one another. The portable hoist provides a user with the ability to hang the portable hoist without the use of other lifting devices, cranes, or rigging and allows the user to do it in a safer manner with less man power. The portable hoist can have a safety pin configured to secure the winch hook in a secured position so as to allow the hoist to lift increased loads.

Disclosed are systems, apparatuses, and methods to deploy and stow a deployable equipment to and from a hoist, to control a load on a suspension without transfer of torque to the suspension cable, for the deployable equipment to obtain data and electrical services from a dock of a carrier, and for the deployable equipment to control the hoist, such as a reel of a hoist, to control a z-axis of a terminal end of the suspension cable. Control of the z-axis may be, for example, to control an elevation of a load, such as relative to carrier, ground, or an objective or target, to control a tension on or of suspension cable. Control of the z-axis may be, for example, to control a rate of ascent or descent of a terminal end of suspension cable.

Disclosed are systems, apparatuses, and methods to deploy and stow a deployable equipment to and from a hoist, to control a load on a suspension without transfer of torque to the suspension cable, for the deployable equipment to obtain data and electrical services from a dock of a carrier, and for the deployable equipment to control the hoist, such as a reel of a hoist, to control a z-axis of a terminal end of the suspension cable. Control of the z-axis may be, for example, to control an elevation of a load, such as relative to carrier, ground, or an objective or target, to control a tension on or of suspension cable. Control of the z-axis may be, for example, to control a rate of ascent or descent of a terminal end of suspension cable.

A hoist mounting apparatus includes a pair of vertical supports. Each of the vertical supports has an upper end and a lower end. Each of the lower ends comprises a mount configured to releasably engage a roof hatch frame. A horizontal support is positioned on and extends between the vertical supports. The horizontal support is freely movable with respect to the vertical supports. The horizontal support has a first end, a second end, a first side edge and a second side edge. The horizontal support is elongated and has a longitudinal axis extending through the first and second end ends. The horizontal support has an elongated opening therein extending along the longitudinal axis. The electric hoist is positionable on the horizontal support such that a cable attached to the electric hoist extends downwardly through the elongated opening.

Described herein is a storage system for installation onto a surface, such as a horizontal or vertical wall, such as an interior garage ceiling, floor, or wall. The system can be used to move, lift, and/or store articles, such as bicycles, skis, storage containers, and the like. The system generally comprises a track defining a longitudinally extending path and a trolley assembly coupled to the track. The trolley assembly generally comprises a trolley body, a pair of opposing sidewalls extending from the trolley body, and a roller assembly positioned between the pair of opposing sidewalls. The trolley assembly may further comprise a carrier attachment to secure an article thereto. A drive member and drive unit can be used for effecting movement so as to shift the trolley assembly from one position to another. The system generally comprises simple and easy-to-install components, thereby providing advantages over prior storage systems.

Package delivery systems and methods may include a bistable beam coupled to an aerial vehicle, a bistable hook coupled to an end of the bistable beam, and a package carried by the bistable hook. The bistable beam may move between a reeled position and an extended position, and the bistable hook may move between a closed position and an open position. In addition, the bistable beam may include frangible connections or portions. Further, release or disconnection of frangible connections or portions of the bistable beam, as well as operations of the bistable hook, may be effected by passive or active methods.

Package delivery systems and methods may include a bistable beam coupled to an aerial vehicle, a bistable hook coupled to an end of the bistable beam, and a package carried by the bistable hook. The bistable beam may move between a reeled position and an extended position, and the bistable hook may move between a closed position and an open position. In addition, the bistable beam may include frangible connections or portions. Further, release or disconnection of frangible connections or portions of the bistable beam, as well as operations of the bistable hook, may be effected by passive or active methods.

An operation unit includes a lever shaft having an operating lever at one end thereof and orthogonal to the operating lever, a plate with a flange having a bearing of the lever shaft, the other end-side of the lever shaft being arranged with penetrating the plate with a flange from a front surface thereof, a rotation restraint part for the lever shaft fixed to the lever shaft behind the plate with a flange and having a self-return function of forward and reverse rotations of the lever shaft, a cover with a flange covered on a backside of the plate with a flange in a form of sandwiching the rotation restraint part, a tip end-side of the lever shaft penetrating the cover with a flange via a bearing, and a potentiometer provided on a backside of the cover with a flange, rotation of the lever shaft being transmitted to the potentiometer.

A hoist system including an air balancer having an air supply and an air exhaust, a lifting device, and a hoist control pendant to control supply and exhaust of pressurized air to and from the air balancer, respectively, the hoist control pendant configured to control vertical movement of the lifting device. The air exhaust from the air balancer includes a first exhaust flow path through a first exhaust opening and a second exhaust flow path through a second exhaust opening, the first exhaust flow path having a first length and the second exhaust flow path having a second length, the second length being shorter than the first length.