Tilting Vehicle-type Handler (i.e., Portable Grapple) Patents (Class 414/444)
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Patent number: 11136054Abstract: A foot lever assist mechanism permits transport dollies to be more heavily loaded, saving the worker additional trips to deliver the entire supply. The lever assist is preferably secured to the axle using at least one boss. An auxiliary feature of this lever assist is the provision of a telescoping ladder-like extender for supporting beverage kegs. A toe grab allows the workman to tilt the stack of cases off of the hand truck's support platform and pull the bottom of the hand truck from beneath the load. Brakes are also provided to resist the hand truck's tendency to move rearwardly when tilting is attempted.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2018Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Inventors: Nick Taylor, James P. McShane
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Patent number: 11040734Abstract: A mobility apparatus for an imaging appliance such as a panoramic radiograph machine allows single-operator transport for on-site usage with ambulatory challenged patients. A counterbalanced pivot interface integrates the imaging appliance with a motorized transport vehicle for disposing the appliance securely on the vehicle, while the counterbalanced pivot interface allows positioning to an operational upright orientation for on-site usage. The imaging appliance includes modifications to a stock appliance for adapting the pivot interface for mobility and for usage with ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) affected patients, such as wheelchair and scooter bound individuals. The modifications include a truncated base and truncated vertical riser, coupled with a counterbalance mass on the vehicle to maintain stability in the deployed and transportable positions. The lowered vertical riser permits the imaging mechanism to descend to accommodate seated patients.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2018Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Inventors: Cathy J. Grinham, Robert P. Grinham
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Patent number: 8973927Abstract: An auxiliary rolling system for a rolling bin having a container and a set of bin wheels mounted thereon. The auxiliary rolling system comprises a frame securable to the container of the rolling bin, at least one rotatable auxiliary wheel, and a handle for controlling the auxiliary rolling system. When mounted on the rolling bin, the at least one auxiliary wheel is positioned opposite to the set of bin wheels such that the auxiliary rolling system is movable between a stationary configuration, where movement of the bin is prevented, and a transport configuration where movement of the bin is allowed.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2012Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Inventor: Guy Belanger
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Patent number: 8888112Abstract: A hand trolley including a main body and a lifting platform movable relative to the main body for lifting a load by a foot force applied by a foot of an operator.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2011Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Pole May Investments Pty LtdInventor: Kevin Edward Trapnell
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Patent number: 8870197Abstract: An apparatus for lifting and moving an inoperative vehicle is disclosed. The invention includes a horizontal rigid platform having a front side, a back side, a left side, a right side, a top surface and a bottom surface. The apparatus includes a first tire roller supported on a left protruded portion extending from the front side and a second tire roller supported on a right protruded portion extending from an adjustable lower plate. The electric motor is operated using a controller to lift a vehicle wheel off the ground. The apparatus utilizes a plurality of casters attached to the horizontal rigid platform to move the vehicle in desired direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2011Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Inventor: Sekora John
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Patent number: 8840121Abstract: A system is provided for temporarily converting a conventional hand truck to provide an adjustable platform. The system may comprise a shelving unit and a control unit, where the control unit is configured to raise and lower the shelving unit on the frame of the transporting device. The shelving unit may comprise a platform for supporting removable items thereon, and a back plate configured to engage a portion of the transporting device frame, where the back plate comprises a plurality of rollers that minimize lateral movement of the shelving unit when it is being raised or lowered during operation. The control unit may comprise a drive unit and a cable system configured to permit the drive unit to direct movement of the shelving unit, the cable system comprising at least one cable, at least one pulley, and a winch upon which a portion of the cable may be radially wound.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2012Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Inventor: Robert Reeves
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Patent number: 8794386Abstract: A forklift apparatus includes a base that moves in a generally horizontal direction. The base carries a mast that includes a lower section and an upper section. The upper section pivots relative to the lower section between a first storage orientation and a second operating orientation. In the second operating orientation, the upper section forms an upward continuation of the lower section. The mast carries a lifting structure that can selectively engage an object. A drive structure moves the lifting structure in a generally vertical direction when the upper section is in the second operating orientation.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2011Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Cardinal Gibbons High SchoolInventors: Ariana Keeling, Marc Celestini, Sean Lanier, Stefano Fenu, Sarah Dyer
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Patent number: 8517413Abstract: A mobile tool stand includes a base frame unit, a support unit connected to the base frame unit for supporting the base frame unit on the floor, and a carrier unit. The carrier unit includes a carrier plate for carrying a machine tool, a pair of links pivotally connected between the carrier plate and the base frame unit and movable relative to the carrier plate to move the stand between a collapsed position and a supporting position, and a pair of coupling rods pivotally connected to the carrier plate and slidingly coupled to the base frame unit, such that the coupling rods are movable in and out of the base frame unit. Thus, the tool that is carried on the carrier plate can be safely moved from place to place when the mobile tool stand is set in the collapsed, transporting condition.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2010Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Rexon Industrial Corp., Ltd.Inventor: Jung-Huo Chen
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Patent number: 8475109Abstract: The modular dolly is a manually operated device facilitating the transport of large, heavy, and/or bulky objects. The dolly includes four smaller wheels and two larger diameter wheel and brake assemblies for temporary installation to the sides of the dolly platform for movement over soft, rough, and/or uneven surfaces. A ramp is removably attachable to the loading end of the platform coplanar therewith to facilitate loading the dolly. The ramp also attaches removably to the opposite anchor end of the platform and normal thereto, to serve as a backstop or anchor for a load placed on the platform. A smaller secondary panel may be installed in the anchor end when the ramp is in use during loading, or may be assembled coplanar to the ramp or platform to lengthen the ramp or platform. The dolly may also be used with a stair-climbing hand truck, forklift, pallet jack, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2010Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Escalera, Inc.Inventor: Mark E. Torrison
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Patent number: 8448958Abstract: A collapsible dolly is movable between an extended use position and a compact storage position. The dolly has a right leg and a left leg that form a supportive A-frame when fully extended. Hinges and sliding components are capable of collapsing the dolly into a collapsed position for storage and/or transportation.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2010Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Allied Forward Motion LLCInventors: Nathan L. Price, James T. Jansen
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Patent number: 8262336Abstract: The method of landing a welding gas bottle in a predetermined location on a support tray on a welding machine by providing a non-supporting area between two supporting areas and a having a hand truck which provides a welding gas bottle support which will fit between the supporting areas and allows the hand truck support to pass between the support areas of the support tray and thereby transferring the support of the welding gas bottle from the hand truck to the support tray by a pivoting of the handle of the hand truck.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2010Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Inventor: Benton F. Baugh
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Publication number: 20120141238Abstract: A barrel truck comprising a handle, a wheeled support coupled to the handle, wheels of the support being spaced apart on the support to receive a barrel to be lifted therebetween, the handle being fixedly coupled to the wheeled support, a member coupled to the wheeled support for engaging with a rib of the barrel, and the member adapted to have a force applied thereto to exert an upward force on the rib of the barrel to lift the barrel off the ground in order to move the barrel on the wheeled support, the force being applied to the member by pivoting the handle with a vertical motion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2011Publication date: June 7, 2012Inventor: Greg McFarland
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Patent number: 8192134Abstract: This is a lifting mechanism especially suited to move a stack of paper to a height so that it is easier to remove or work with. The lifting mechanism has as a bottom portion a tilting platform that receives and holds a paper stack and its support. This tilting platform will be tilted in a front down position prior to and during loading of the paper stack thereon, and will automatically tilt down at its back portion when stack loaded. This is because the fulcrum of the tilting platform is located nearer the front sections of the platform than it is to the back section of the platform. When the weight of the paper stack acts upon the tilting platform, it will force the platform down at its back portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2008Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Charles R Brewer, III, Thomas C Palumbo
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Publication number: 20120045304Abstract: A hand truck has a frame, at least one wheel which is mounted to the frame at a lower part of the frame, at least one holding magnet for holding an object which, at least in part, has a magnetic or magnetisable outer surface, and a release mechanism mounted to the frame. The release mechanism has a release member movably mounted to the frame of the hand truck. The at least one holding magnet is attached to the release member. The release member is mounted to the frame of the hand truck such that the at least one holding magnet can be pulled backwards while the object rests against the frame, thereby providing a damage free release of the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2010Publication date: February 23, 2012Inventor: Olav Lauvdal
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Publication number: 20110052356Abstract: According to one embodiment, a handtruck is provided. The handtruck may have wheels. Legs, approximately parallel to the ground, are coupled to the wheels. The legs may also be moved within a plane that is approximately parallel to the ground. A back is coupled approximately perpendicular to the legs. A payload coupler is coupled to the back and allows the coupling of a payload to the handtruck.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2009Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: Raytheon CompanyInventors: John M. Leatherman, Scott H. Kunkel
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Patent number: 7824144Abstract: A hoist with a cradle for coupling with a pressurized tank. A primary means of restraining the tank on the cradle is provided along with a backup means should the primary means fail for any reason. A linear actuator assembly raises the cradle up to 27 inches from the floor surface. An onboard battery with an integrated battery charger provides power to the linear actuator. A compact base with swivel casters allows a raised tank to be safely lifted and transported by a single operator. The compact size of the hoist allows it to operate in confined spaces.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2009Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignee: Wilcole, Inc.Inventor: Michael R. Wilson
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Patent number: 7789611Abstract: A hoist with a cradle for coupling with a pressurized tank. A linear actuator assembly raises the cradle above the floor surface. A base with casters allows a raised tank to be safely lifted and transported by a single operator. The cradle can be rotated and locked in a vertical or horizontal position for cylinder insertion and removal in EMS vehicles with either a vertical or a horizontal stowage compartment. When handling a horizontal cylinder stowage situation, an embodiment of the cradle features a retractable foot to allow the cylinder to be slid from the cradle into the compartment bottom first. Another embodiment has a fixed foot and allows the cylinder to be slid from the cradle into the compartment top first. Safety interlocks are provided to prevent rotation of the cradle if the foot is in the wrong position with respect to the horizontal orientation of the cradle.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2007Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: Wilcole, Inc.Inventor: Michael Wilson
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Publication number: 20090285659Abstract: A hoist with a cradle for coupling with a pressurized tank. A primary means of restraining the tank on the cradle is provided along with a backup means should the primary means fail for any reason. A linear actuator assembly raises the cradle up to 27 inches from the floor surface. An onboard battery with an integrated battery charger provides power to the linear actuator. A compact base with swivel casters allows a raised tank to be safely lifted and transported by a single operator. The compact size of the hoist allows it to operate in confined spaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2009Publication date: November 19, 2009Inventor: Michael R. Wilson
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Patent number: 7530579Abstract: A handtruck includes a tower having upper and lower ends and a handle adjacent the tower upper end. A support plate is generally adjacent the tower lower end and extends outwardly, the support plate configured to support a load. At least one wheel is operatively coupled to the tower or support plate. The handtruck includes an ejection member for moving the load from the support plate. The ejection member includes an elongate lever having upper and lower ends and being pivotally coupled to the tower. The ejection member includes a pushplate pivotally coupled to the lever and is movable between a rest configuration when the elongate lever upper end is relatively adjacent the tower and an offload configuration when the elongate lever upper end is relatively distant to the tower. A distal end of the pushplate is in slidable contact with the pushplate when moving between rest and offload configurations.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2007Date of Patent: May 12, 2009Inventor: Steven J. Butler
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Patent number: 7494312Abstract: A materials handling and lifting appliance for a board or panel holder comprises, on a mast, telescopic elements controlled by a winch, and a device for articulating the board or panel holder articulatedly mounted on a shaft relative to a structure connected to the upper end of the telescopic elements at the upper end of the mast. The articulating device includes a support base shaped and designed to accommodate tilting of the holder into a horizontal, intermediate or vertical position. The board holder or panel holder is designed with a carrying arm, the length of which can be adjusted depending on the dimensions of the boards or panels to be picked up and positioned. The carrying arm includes handlebars fitted with control handles and mechanisms for controlling locking and unlocking of the articulating device. The handlebars facilitate tilting the board holder or panel holder into horizontal, intermediate or vertical positions.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2005Date of Patent: February 24, 2009Assignee: Roger Mondelin S.A.Inventors: Christophe Valette, Jean-Marc Bailly, Denis Narelli, Roger Arese
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Publication number: 20070292249Abstract: A hoist with a cradle for coupling with a pressurized tank. A primary means of restraining the tank on the cradle is provided along with a backup means should the primary means fail for any reason. A linear actuator assembly raises the cradle up to 27 inches from the floor surface. An onboard battery with an integrated battery charger provides power to the linear actuator. A compact base with swivel casters allows a raised tank to be safely lifted and transported by a single operator. The compact size of the hoist allows it to operate in confined spaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2006Publication date: December 20, 2007Applicant: Itec Manufacturing, LtdInventor: Michael Wilson
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Publication number: 20070269300Abstract: A powered hand truck particularly suited for transporting heavy loads over uneven terrain is provided. The hand truck generally comprises a load-bearing assembly and a rear drive assembly is provided. The load-bearing assembly comprises a load-bearing frame and a forward axle presenting a pair of forward wheels. The drive assembly comprises a motor assembly presenting a rear axle presenting a pair of rear wheels. The load-bearing assembly is coupled to the drive motor assembly via a steering frame that permits pivoting of the motor assembly and load-bearing frame relative to each other about two different axes.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2007Publication date: November 22, 2007Inventor: Larry Menard
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Patent number: 7093691Abstract: A lift assembly includes a first platform provided with a top surface, a pair of opposed sides, and wheels and brackets connected to one of the sides for rotating the assembly. A plurality of rectilinear support shafts have opposed end portions conjoined to the platform and extending upwardly therefrom, and are spaced at opposed corners of the platform. Inverted U-shape guide rails are telescopically engageable along a length of the support shafts and have a pair of rectilinear regions slidably positionable about the support shafts. A second platform is provided with top and bottom surfaces, and apertures formed at opposed corners thereof that are vertically registered with the support shafts. A lifting mechanism is included for vertically biasing the second platform and the guide rails along the support shafts. The lifting mechanism is connected to the top surface of the first platform and the bottom surface of the second platform.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2005Date of Patent: August 22, 2006Inventors: Barry Vaughan, Alvin Vaughan
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Patent number: 7055641Abstract: A frame for the drive unit of an industrial truck, particularly a stacker lift truck which, inter alia, serves as a carrier of a lifting device and/or travel drive. The frame having a forward-facing apron formed in the shape of a bow from a cut-to-size flat sheet metal piece and a one-piece rear wall formed from a cut-to-size flat sheet metal piece connected to the apron as a carrier unit for attachment and installation parts in the drive unit, which is chamfered and, as a result, has an upper portion and lateral portions which also define visible surface portions of the casing for the drive unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2003Date of Patent: June 6, 2006Assignee: Jungheinrich AGInventor: Helmut Lohmann
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Patent number: 6893201Abstract: An improved wheeled hand cart assembly has a tiltable lifting platform associated with a trailing platform so that separate loads may be transported on each platform. The lifting cart structure comprises a generally conventional L-shaped configuration having a pair of wheels mounted on a common axis, for rolling the lifting cart about. The lifting cart is tiltable about the wheel axis to retain and transport a load. The trailing cart comprises a support platform having a forward end coupled to the lifting cart for pivoting about an axis parallel to the common axis of the wheels, a rearward end portion supported on a caster-like wheel assembly for rolling from place to place in coordination with the spaced-apart wheels and a locking assembly for locking the lifting cart in a tilted position relative to the trailing cart.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2002Date of Patent: May 17, 2005Inventor: John H. Clery
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Patent number: 6880837Abstract: A dolly for moving articles including lateral filing cabinets, comprising a support surface for one end portion of such a cabinet, and upstanding members partially surrounding the support surface for locating the cabinet in position. The upstanding members include an upstanding end member for locating one end of a cabinet and side members for locating sides of the cabinet, the dolly having an open end opposite the end member which allows the dolly to be slid underneath the cabinet when tilted. Side wheels are mounted on fixed axles outside of the support surface adjacent the open end, and a caster wheel is mounted by a bracket extending outside of, and supported by, the end member. The dolly can be used by one operator to move a fully loaded lateral filing cabinet without tilting the cabinet to such an extent to cause damage.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2002Date of Patent: April 19, 2005Inventors: Kamal Roy Nandram, Jean-Guy Dube
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Publication number: 20040161321Abstract: A mobile appliance lift tool is provided which includes a cart having a frame and a pair of legs. Each leg has a sleeve pivotally attaching the leg to an end of the frame. Each sleeve is adapted to travel up and down the leg to selectively move the frame between a substantially horizontal configuration and a substantially inclined configuration. The tool includes a strut, a support platform having a horizontal orientation, a bottom frame, and a lift mechanism engaged between the support platform and the bottom frame to move the support platform toward and away from the bottom frame, while maintaining the support platform's horizontal orientation. The strut is mounted to the bottom frame and pivotally attached to the end of the cart's frame so that the strut is disposed in a horizontal orientation when the frame is moved to either the horizontal or the inclined configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2004Publication date: August 19, 2004Inventors: Richard R. Blake, Jeffrey T. Russell, Charles L. Jones, Paul J. Gray, Jeffrey W. Fjelstul, Steven P. Hinrichs, Richard T. Lundy, Henry H. Wu
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Publication number: 20040076501Abstract: A portable apparatus for supporting, moving, lifting, lowering, and/or tilting a workload is formed by an expandable base frame, a mast, a lifting assembly, a tilting assembly, and a translation assembly. The portable apparatus can be translated generally along a surface to a workload on the translation assembly. The workload can be positioned so that at least a portion of the workload is supported by the lifting assembly. The lifting assembly can lift the workload generally along the mast to a desired elevated position. Further, the tilting assembly can tilt the mast, and thus the workload, so that the workload can be lifted through an overhead opening to an elevated installation location.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2003Publication date: April 22, 2004Inventors: Dennis E. McGill, Billy J. Lucas
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Publication number: 20030223848Abstract: An apparatus for transferring a sheet of material from one location to another. The sheet of material transferring apparatus has a rotatable clamp to allow for the sheet of material to be rotated onto the top surface of a work table.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2002Publication date: December 4, 2003Inventor: Alan Clingan
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Patent number: 6655892Abstract: A series of transport carts (21) are positioned in side by side relation in fore and aft extending spaced apart rows disposed along a delivery van (22) to leave an aisle (58) between them. The carts have wheel supported frames (28) with bottom supports (131) for the products disposed at a level above the floor of the van and open fronts from which the carts can be unloaded. The carts have rear posts (58) which are disengageably locked in track sections (66, 67) provided in longitudinally spaced relation along the van side walls. Pallets (30) with discs (34) projecting downwardly from the floors of the pallets support the product stacks on the cart bottom supports. A hand truck with a bifurcated nose plate defining disc receiving arms engages under each pallet to enable removal of a pallet and product stack (31) from the cart.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2001Date of Patent: December 2, 2003Assignee: Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Norman C. Strohfus, Robert W. Grace, David J. Glancy
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Publication number: 20030194303Abstract: A wheeled lifting device particularly well suited for lifting a stack of nested waste containers. The device includes a lift arm, a handle, and a pair of wheels. The wheels move in an under-center action under the lift arm to lift one side of a stack of containers. When the stack is so lifted it is supported for rolling movement on the wheels of the device and on the wheels of the lower-most container.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2002Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventor: Joel G. Lunger
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Patent number: 6575690Abstract: This invention relates to a two-wheeled cart with an extended handle for the levered lifting and balanced moving of bales, such as bales of hay. More particularly, hay baled in the form of a rectangular solid is received by the cart at a hay-bale-receiving loader frame and lifted from the ground under leverage about the wheels applied from the handle used for pulling the cart. Once the bale is lifted by the handle and centrally balanced on an axle between the wheels of the cart, the hay-bale-receiving loader frame on the cart can be pivoted in a plane parallel to the axle of the cart. This pivot can occur from a lifting disposition where the major axis of a bale receiving frame is parallel to the axle between the wheels, to a transport disposition where the major axis of the hay-bale-receiving loader frame is normal to the axle between the wheels.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2001Date of Patent: June 10, 2003Inventor: Robert Ansotegui
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Patent number: 6561745Abstract: A wheeled dolly for transporting and/or storing a floor sander to maintain the rubber tired wheels of the sander in a no load state and thereby preventing flat spots from forming in the tires resulting in variations in the depth of sanding process. Also disclosed is a dolly with a hand operable brake for selectively restraining rotation of at least one of the dolly wheels.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2001Date of Patent: May 13, 2003Inventor: Timothy R. Rountree
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Patent number: 6533532Abstract: An object-carrying system for facilitating object transportation over various ground or floor surfaces includes a transport frame and a hoist means, which transport frame is adapted to be carried by a user such that articles loaded onto such frame may be easily transported. In a particular embodiment, the transport frame may be removably attachable to an object-carrying means for improved transportation of such object-carrying means over various ground or floor surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2001Date of Patent: March 18, 2003Inventor: Thomas Schmitt
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Patent number: 6530740Abstract: This invention relates to a hand truck with an electrically operated lifting platform. The hand truck includes a frame on both sides of which two guide rails are formed. The frame is provided with a screw shaft vertically supported on the frame to be vertically moved, one or more stabilizing bars forwardly extended from the frame, and two wheels rotatably attached to the rear portion of the frame. A lifting platform is guided by the guide rails and engaged with the screw shaft. A platform moving unit is comprised of a first drive motor for providing rotating force. The platform is situated in the lifting platform to allow the lifting platform to be moved selectively upward and downward along the screw shaft by the operation of the first drive motor. A control unit is electrically and controllably connected to the first drive motor and a power source.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2001Date of Patent: March 11, 2003Inventor: Jin Yu Kim
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Patent number: 6530737Abstract: An apparatus comprising a transporter. More particularly this invention relates to an apparatus that can be used to transport a large and heavy cylinder on a frame with easy maneuverability. The apparatus is designed mainly for use with propane cylinders that have legs, whereby the article is not lifted to be place on the transporter, instead the apparatus is slid or placed underneath the article without disturbing it.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2000Date of Patent: March 11, 2003Inventor: Benjamin G. Casper
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Publication number: 20020187028Abstract: The present invention is directed to a manual transport device for user in transporting a fluid container. The fluid container has a hand hole, typically near the top of the fluid container. The transport device includes a frame, an engagement member, a stabilizer and a rolling member. The engagement means is located on the frame so that, in use, the engagement means engages the hand hole on the fluid container and substantially supports the fluid container. The device thus supports the fluid container free of any support members extending from the bottom of the device to support the underside of the fluid container. The stabilizer is attached to the frame and, in use, inhibits lateral movement of the fluid container relative to the frame. The rolling member is attached to the frame and is adapted to support the frame so that the transport device may be rolled along a surface when engaging the fluid container.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2002Publication date: December 12, 2002Inventors: Bill Colini, Jim Parent
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Publication number: 20020187027Abstract: The present invention is directed to a manual transport device for user in transporting a keg. The keg has a hand hole, typically near the top of the keg. The transport device includes a frame, an engagement member, a stabilizer and a rolling member. The engagement means is located on the frame so that, in use, the engagement means engages the hand hole on the keg and substantially supports the keg. The device thus supports the keg free of any support members extending from the bottom of the device to support the underside of the keg. The stabilizer is attached to the frame and, in use, inhibits lateral movement of the keg relative to the frame. The rolling member is attached to the frame and is adapted to support the frame so that the transport device may be rolled along a surface when engaging the keg.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2001Publication date: December 12, 2002Inventors: Bill Colini, Jim Parent
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Patent number: 6474930Abstract: A wheeled hand truck adapted to carry lightweight three-point tractor hitch equipment. The hand truck has a frame made from two vertical rails, a handle, and some transverse ribs. An axle and a pair of wheels serve as the pivot point of the frame when the device is lifting objects. An extensible, upper support arm has a near end that is pivotally mounted to an upper rib. The support arm pivots up and down along a vertical plane, and has an apertured far end for attaching to the upper point of a three-point hitch connection. The hand truck also has a pair of lower lift arms that pivot from side to side along a substantially horizontal plane so as to be adjustably connectable to the lower two points of a three-point hitch connection.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2000Date of Patent: November 5, 2002Inventor: James S. Simpson
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Publication number: 20020154979Abstract: An ecological carriage for drums is described which is constituted by a metallic structure and a basin. The drum is disposed with an horizontal axis and rests on the metallic structure. The basin is below the drum and functions as a bowl to collect fluids, mineral oils and similar fluids which are lost or spilled during the decanting or due to rupture of the drum. This assembly is mounted on a base provided with wheels. The carriage is characterized by the fact that the structure supporting the drum is capable of rotating from a position essentially horizontal to a position essentially vertical and vice versa.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2001Publication date: October 24, 2002Inventor: Massimo Grossele
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Patent number: 6413032Abstract: An apparatus comprising a transporter. More particularly this invention relates to an apparatus that can be used to transport a large and heavy cylinder on a frame with easy maneuverability. The apparatus is designed mainly for use with propane cylinders that have legs, whereby the article is not lifted to be place on the transporter, instead the apparatus is slid or placed underneath the article without disturbing it.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 1999Date of Patent: July 2, 2002Inventor: Benjamin G. Casper
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Patent number: 6364596Abstract: A hand cart adapted to lift and transport a single bale of hay or straw is disclosed. The cart is fabricated from metal stock pieces which are welded to form a rigid frame. The frame is designed with spaced apart wheels which will allow the cart to straddle the bale. Plural prong members impale and secure the bale for lifting and transporting.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2000Date of Patent: April 2, 2002Inventors: Mark D. Spencer, Jeanne M. Spencer
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Patent number: 6309168Abstract: A detachable lifting device can be attached to and works in conjunction with an upright portion of a hand truck. The invention allows the user to move heavier loads than would be possible with the hand truck alone, and to lift the loads to table or counter levels. The invention is formed with a preferably rectangular frame, including laterally spaced-apart lift rails. A winch assembly, lifting cable, cable winding element, and a pulley operate with the frame to slide a lifting platform upwardly and downwardly along lift rails in a space formed by a spacer attached between the hand truck and the lift rail. The platform attachment is inventively designed with a bolt, bushing, and nut assembly, wherein the bushings frictionally engage with and rotate circularly against the lift rails as the platform moves up and down them. Preferably, the invention is operated via remote control.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2000Date of Patent: October 30, 2001Inventor: Jerry Holmes
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Patent number: 6244603Abstract: A hand truck for transporting a craft such as a jet ski, snowmobile, or sailboat has a frame that is open at one lengthwise end, having lengthwise extending sides for placement alongside a craft that is to be transported. Wheels on the sides of the frame proximate the open end of the frame provide for the frame to be rolled on an underlying surface and for the frame to pivot relative to the wheels. Lift bars extend from the sides of the frame proximate the open end of the frame, including lifters for engaging a craft, to support the craft on the frame. A handle is at a lengthwise end of the frame opposite the open end of the frame. The lift bars and lifters are constructed and arranged to provide a mechanical advantage for lifting the craft when the handle is forced in a generally downward direction to pivot the frame about the wheels. Various embodiments of lifters are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 1999Date of Patent: June 12, 2001Inventor: James W. Rizzardi
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Patent number: 6109856Abstract: A two part hay bale carrier of simplified economical construction is formed by a wheel unit and a handle member. The wheel unit comprises a pair of wheels journaled by respective ends of an axle which rigidly supports normally upright tines intermediate its ends which are inverted and manually inserted into an end corner surface of a rectangular bale. The bale and wheel unit is then righted. The handle member comprises a pair of parallel tines joined at one end in U-shaped fashion by a bight portion which projects outward of the opposite end of the bale after the hand member tines are longitudinally inserted into the bale end opposite the wheel unit enabling an operator to substantially balance the mass of the hay bale on the wheel unit and move the bale in two-wheel dolly fashion across the surface of the earth.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 1998Date of Patent: August 29, 2000Inventor: Joe D. Mings
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Patent number: 6085505Abstract: An industrial vehicle includes a frame, a motive device mounted on the frame, a platform mounted on the frame adjacent to the motive device, a main boom member associated with an industrial implement, the main boom member being coupled to the platform, and at least one secondary boom member attached to the main boom member. The industrial vehicle may comprise in one embodiment tilting structure that tilts the platform about an axis substantially perpendicular to a driving direction of the vehicle, or at least one pivot defining at least one axis about which the main boom member and/or the secondary boom member pivot, the at least one axis being substantially perpendicular to a driving direction of the vehicle. A linkage may be provided that pivots at least one of the main boom member and the at least one secondary boom member about an axis substantially perpendicular to a driving direction of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 1998Date of Patent: July 11, 2000Assignee: Advanced Contracting and Hedging, Inc.Inventor: John W. Edwards
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Patent number: 6086310Abstract: A four-wheeled multipurpose handtruck is especially adapted to transport a cylindrical object such as a beer keg. A cradle-like frame nests the beer keg and a metal collar secures the keg to the frame. The handtruck employs a curved frame construction which enhances leverage when loading or unloading a keg. Movable rear wheels allow the handtruck to assume a four-wheeled horizontal transport position or the rear wheels may be collapsed for standard two-wheeled transport.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 1998Date of Patent: July 11, 2000Inventors: Jesus Lujan, III, Jesus Lujan, Jr.
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Patent number: 6077023Abstract: A table lifting and transporting mechanism with ground contact wheels, a table support portion and a mechanism for transferring the majority of the weight of the table to the wheels so that the table is supported generally at its center of gravity. The mechanism is adapted to engage the underside of the table and includes a winch for lowering its wheels into contact with the ground after positioning. The winch allows for the table to be raised after the wheels have contacted the ground, thus transferring the weight of the table from the table legs to the wheels.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 1998Date of Patent: June 20, 2000Inventor: George Louis Troppman, III
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Patent number: 6071061Abstract: A multi-purpose hand cart for permitting a single user to transport a variety of heavy loads. The multi-purpose hand cart includes a rear base frame having a spaced apart pair of side members and an elongate rear cross member connecting the side members of the rear base frame together. A pair of wheel assemblies each having a rear member and a wheel rotatably mounted to the rear member of the respective wheel assembly. The back end of a first of the side members of the rear base frame is coupled to the front end of the rear member of a first of the wheel assemblies. The back end of a second of the side members of the rear base frame is coupled to the front end of the rear member of a second of the wheel assemblies. A pair of front members are also provided. The back end of a first of the front members is coupled to the front end of the first side member of the rear base frame. The back end of a second of the front members is coupled to the front end of the second side member of the rear base frame.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 1999Date of Patent: June 6, 2000Inventor: Tom Monnin
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Patent number: 5975826Abstract: A two-wheeled hand-truck with attachments, with an elevating mechanism incorporated into the body. The upright rails are tubular, and open on the bottom ends. A crank operated cable and pulley system forcibly extends the elevator downwardly. The attachments allow the body to be converted into a four wheel cart with a variable width wheelbase, and a crank operated, pulley assisted, fork lift, or hoist.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 1998Date of Patent: November 2, 1999Inventor: Perry L. Scholder