Abstract: A device to lift objects with a single strap including a center panel attached directly to a handle, the panel sliding up and down between a pair of housing panels with alignable slot openings through the two panel members and the center panel, the combined opening being sufficient to receive a free end of the strap with the other end of the strap securely fastened to the opposite side of the device so that when the strap is wrapped around the object to be lifted, and the free end inserted through the combined openings lifting on the handle immediately grabs the strap and releasing of the handle immediately releases the strap.