A man who hurt himself after working for many years as a landscaper decided to address the problem of back injuries resulting from carrying long, heavy tools. He built a rig that uses an overhead pulley to transfer the weight of a tool held in the hands to a back-mounted frame. At the link, you can view more pictures and videos showing the Portable Support Tool in action.
Link via OhGizmo!
Looks like this would be good for boom mic operators.
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This is great!! I can use it to shovel snow.
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