Lifting device

The invention relates to a lifting apparatus (1) for transporting a load carrier, having a main frame (2) and two sliding carriers (3), with a sliding carrier (3) being seated so as to be displaced in the longitudinal direction of the main frame, ending at each long-side end of the main frame (2). The sliding carriers (3) are provided at their free long-side ends with receptacles for coupling to the load carrier. Stilt legs (10) are seated to pivot on the sliding carriers (3), each being able to pivot into a first end position, in which the receptacles on the sliding carriers (3) for coupling to a load carrier are exposed. The sliding carriers (3) [sic] can also be pivoted into a second end position, in which the stilt legs (10) project from the undersides of the sliding carriers (3), so the stilt legs (10) can be coupled to a load carrier by receptacles provided at their free ends.