appendTo

A jQuery selector to use for specifying the parent of a custom drag helper.
Can also be set to "body", for inserting the helper in the BODY of the page.
Defaults to "parent".

<div id="div1">Hello DIV!</div>

<script type="text/javascript">
    jQuery(function ($) {
        $("#div1").shieldDraggable({
            helper: function(e) {
                return $(this.element).clone().css("opacity", "0.5");
            },
            appendTo: "body"
        });
    });
</script>