Abstract: A method enabling a single worker to safely lift a cargo item without personal injury that weighs up to four hundred pounds from and onto a truck platform is provided, and includes providing a one-piece hoist support member, configured to support a portable hand-held hoist, having a vertical post, a short offset cantilever beam permanently affixed to an upper portion of the vertical post, and a receiver stem affixed to a lower portion of the vertical post, which enables mounting and supporting the lifting device upon the truck The result is the elimination of the need to employ a more complex device, such as a hydraulic cylinder, for raising and lowering a pivoting boom for moving the cargo item up and down. The simplicity of this arrangement also facilitates sharing one lightweight portable lifting device between two or more trucks, which can be easily carried out by a single worker.

Abstract: A support device has a base body having top and bottom surfaces. The bottom surface supports the base body upon a work-surface, and the top surface is disposed on a top surface plane that is rotated about 20 degrees from the plane of the work-surface. The top surface further includes a support slot construction that is adapted to support a tablet computer device in two work positions. The support slot construction includes a rear sidewall and a first front sidewall spaced apart from each other by a first bottom surface, which together hold the tablet computer device on a first plane that is rotated about 75 degrees from the work surface plane. A second front sidewall spaced apart from the first front sidewall by a second bottom surface together supporting the tablet computer device on a second plane that is rotated about 65 degrees from the plane of the work-surface.