Separable Load Rack Patents (Class 414/446)
  • Patent number: 11077985
    Abstract: Provided is a mounting base member used in a pair for mounting an object to be conveyed thereon, the mounting base member including: a body part configured to support the object to be conveyed; and a top plate part that extends in at least a horizontal direction from an upper part of the body part. The top plate part covers an upper surface of the body part, or the upper surface of the body part contacting the conveyed object is flush with an upper surface of an extending portion of the top plate part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignees: OBAYASHI CORPORATION, SRI INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Eri Ohmoto, Satoru Doi, Tomoya Kaneko, Koji Hamada, Tamaki Horii, Maya Kagatani, Tatsuya Osugi, Hiroto Sato, Takashi Tsuchiya, Aveek Das, Poojitha Preena
  • Patent number: 10974867
    Abstract: An anti-tilting device for releasably mounting on a transport pallet, such as a standardized transport pallet, such as a Euro pallet, is disclosed. The pallet—has a support side for placing the transport pallet on the ground and rest side opposite with respect to the support side, on which the transport goods are to be deposited and which is particularly formed by a plurality of parallel horizontal rest panels spaced apart from each other. The device includes a support pillar and a ground support connected with the support pillar, which extends along the transport pallet height downwards to the ground and which comprises a support end facing the ground for retaining on the ground, and a tine section fixedly connected with the support pillar and the ground support for reaching under the transport goods and particularly for engaging between the rest panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SPRICK GMBH BIELEFELDER PAPIER-UND WELLPAPPENWERKE & CO.
    Inventor: Bastian Schalk
  • Patent number: 9580097
    Abstract: A method for delivering articles using a container having a substantially vertical rear wall with a baseplate extending therefrom is disclosed herein. A plurality of articles may be loaded onto the baseplate. The rear wall, baseplate, and articles are preferably transported to the destination. Once at the final destination, the articles can be removed from the baseplate by sliding the baseplate and rear wall away from the articles. In some embodiments, the rear wall remains substantially vertical during transportation to the destination. In other embodiments, the rear wall can be removably connected to a wheeled apparatus for secure transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: RWGCO, LLC
    Inventor: Robert W. Grace, VII
  • Patent number: 9358997
    Abstract: A container for transporting articles and the method for using the same is disclosed herein. The container preferably has a rear wall with a bottom portion, a pair of sidewalls extending from the rear wall, and a baseplate extending from the bottom portion of the rear wall. An aperture may be placed on the rear wall to secure the container during transport. To allow for nesting of the containers, it is preferable that the sidewalls extend from the rear wall at an angle greater than 90 degrees. The rear wall may also contain a stabilizing rib for stabilizing the container during transport. In an exemplary embodiment, the aperture may contain a ledge which may correspond with a latch on a wheeled apparatus for quickly securing the container to the wheeled apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: RWGCO, LLC
    Inventor: Robert W. Grace, VII
  • Patent number: 8967557
    Abstract: A lawn caddy for receiving and transporting waste such as grass clippings, leaves, plant vegetation and compost waste. The lawn caddy transports yard waste from one location to another without heavy lifting. It is light and durable, having a maximum weight of 10 to 12 pounds and can contain up to 40 pounds of waste or less. By filling refuge bags and transporting waste to a curb side shortens time spent in cutting and cleaning lawns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Inventor: Eloy Struck, II
  • Patent number: 8475109
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Escalera, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark E. Torrison
  • Patent number: 8104778
    Abstract: The dual purpose wheeled cart apparatus supports and transports a variety of cargo. The cart apparatus, in one mode, supports and transports specialized bags and easily converts from a bag transporter to a varied cargo transporter. The hopper, especially suited to bag filling, is removable via the sleeves attached to the hopper uprights and the sleeve mounts of the hopper, which slideably and removably fit into the sleeves. The hopper is available in various dimensions to especially suit various specific bags that are commonly used in refuse and lawn debris clean up. The apparatus cart and hopper support bags for filling and transport, thereby negating back strain and other issues that typically haunt those attempting to fill and carry large refuse bags. By supporting and transporting bags, only one person can do the jobs normally requiring two or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Inventors: Joel Rojas, Geraldo S. Rojas
  • Patent number: 8100624
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sack truck (1) comprising a main frame (2), a number of handles (3), a number of wheels (4) and a first foot plate (5), where the handles (3) are connected at an upper end of the main frame (2), and the wheels (4) and the first foot plate (5) are connected at a lower end of the main frame (2), wherein the main frame (2) comprises a first and a second frame part (9, 10), which are arranged to engage at a displacement arrangement allowing a displacement of the first frame part (9) in relation to the second frame part (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: New Invention ApS
    Inventor: Svend Rahbek Christensen
  • Patent number: 7530579
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Inventor: Steven J. Butler
  • Patent number: 7207576
    Abstract: An apparatus that combines an ice chest or other similar storage device with a transportation apparatus for easily transporting the ice chest or other similar storage device. The transportation apparatus includes a plurality of straps and a handle that is attached to the plurality of straps. The transportation apparatus also includes a pair of wheels that are attached to the plurality of straps that allow the ice chest or other similar storage device to be carried similar to a piece of a luggage by merely grasping the handle and pulling the present invention while walking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Inventor: Jesus Ibarra
  • Patent number: 6893201
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Inventor: John H. Clery
  • Patent number: 6659476
    Abstract: A tack cart for transporting and storing tack. The cart includes a conveying member and a storage member mounted thereto. The storage member may be detached from the conveying member and may be mounted onto an independent support located remote from the tack cart. The storage member includes at least one saddle support member which may be detachably mounted on one of the conveying member and the storage member. The cart may further include a detachable bridle support that is receivable on one of the conveying member, the storage member and the independent support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Inventor: Matthew Weida
  • Patent number: 6457727
    Abstract: A hand truck includes an automatic height adjusting load platform, or alternatively, a kit of components provides for adding an adjustable load platform to an existing hand truck. The load platform position is held in a raised position while under no load conditions. A user places an article including a package on the raised platform, which is configured to rest at approximately waist level. In response to the weight of the article, the platform lowers, but the downward motion of the platform is inhibited by a platform arrestor. Preferably, the platform arrestor is configured such that the distance the platform will drop due to the weight of the load is proportional to the height of the article placed upon the platform. Thus the top of the article first placed upon the load platform is now substantially at waist level. This process can continue until the platform is lowered to the bottom of the shaft that the platform is slidably mounted to.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Inventor: Randal Lee Tolly
  • Patent number: 6309168
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Inventor: Jerry Holmes
  • Patent number: 6059299
    Abstract: A machine for transporting equipment with a curved body for receiving a troweling machine and mating with the machine along its curved edge, two wheels mounted to the body for movement of the body, and an attachment mounted on the body for selective attachment of the body to the troweling machine. A preferred embodiment includes an axle connecting the wheels and a body that is a curved portion of a circle for mating with a troweling machine. Another preferred embodiment has a body with an angled support for mating with the edge of the troweling machine and a pivotally mounted latch for attachment of the equipment to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Inventor: Loval M. Rust
  • Patent number: 6059512
    Abstract: A manual lifting and moving apparatus comprises a rigid bar having a pair of rollers on an axle at one end and a handle at the other end. Struts pivoted to the roller axle have a boom pivotally connected to their opposite ends. One end of the boom is received in a channel mounted on the rigid bar and connectible to the channel by a pin extending through a pair of aligned holes in the sidewalls of the channel, there being multiple pairs of aligned holes to provide plural selectable attachment points. The other end of the boom has a hook which can be engaged with a loading ramp adapter or used to lift various objects. The boom can also be secured in a collapsed position along the rigid bar, allowing the apparatus to be used as a pry bar, to maneuver a skid truck or lift a material-containing drum, and also allowing attachments, such as a hand truck adapter or a pallet truck adapter to be connected to the channel and to one end of the boom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Inventor: Thomas P. Kielinski
  • Patent number: 5810543
    Abstract: A ground-loading conveyance for refuse or heavy objects. The frame is tipped with the handle to allow a two wheel carriage on pivoting support legs to swing beneath the frame, so as to support the load for transporting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Inventor: John R. Hall
  • Patent number: 5782600
    Abstract: A cost-effective system and method for quickly and easily moving a fully loaded shelf unit is provided. The shelf unit includes first and second opposing vertical feet supporting the shelf unit on a ground surface. The system and method employ a first prying arm, a second prying arm, and a rolling device. The first and second prying arms each include a pushable member and a lifting member joined to each other. The rolling device includes first and second end supports and an intermediate cross bar extending between the end supports. The rolling device includes a pair of casters mounted to an underside of the cross bar for allowing the rolling device to be rolled along the ground surface. The end supports are located closer than the cross bar to the ground surface when the rolling device is positioned with its casters contacting the ground surface. To move the shelf unit, the prying arms are used to lift the respective vertical feet at least partially off the ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Inventor: Michael D. Walsh
  • Patent number: 5593271
    Abstract: A ground-loading conveyance for refuse or heavy objects. The frame is tipped with the handle to allow a two wheel carriage on pivoting support legs to swing beneath the frame, so as to support the load for transporting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1997
    Inventor: John R. Hall
  • Patent number: 5249908
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a movable pallet assembly with a swivel front wheel mechanism, and particularly to the type of pallet two of which can be bound together by C-shaped fixture clamps and be separated from the ground by supporting legs when used as a base in a warehouse, and be moved around as a transportation cart when the legs are lifted up. The swivel front wheel mechanism can be removably attached to the pallet, and an angle-adjustable pull stick is pivotably fixed to the swivel front wheel mount with an adjustable connecting rod pivotably secured to a slidable push block. By operation of the pull stick, the push block will be moved forward to lift the pallet assembly up or backward to lower the pallet assembly down with the supporting legs in contact with the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1993
    Inventor: Chin-Chin Tsai
  • Patent number: 5244221
    Abstract: A multi-use hand truck or dolly apparatus and more particularly, a hand truck useable in the commercial building construction industry. It is capable of being used in both a vertical mode as well as a horizontal mode. When used in its vertical mode, it is capable of carrying up to five doors or other large objects. When used in its horizontal mode, it serves as a sturdy planar work support surface and permits a workman to perform required tasks thereon. Additonally, the apparatus can be joined with another like apparatus and present a much larger horizontal planar work surface. The apparatus includes telescopic frame members which permit accommodation of various length loads. Further, a plurality of swivel casters are provided which allow full rotational movement of the apparatus when used in its horizontal mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Inventor: John S. Ward
  • Patent number: 5123666
    Abstract: A attachment for a two-wheeled hand truck cart enabling one person to lift and transport bulky items such as banquet tables and chairs. The attachment includes a rigid base plate with suitable hooks for attaching the plate to the cart frame. Two pair of projecting prong members are adjustably positioned on the rigid base plate. The pairs of prong members are vertically spaced from each other forming a spacing to accommodate items to be lifted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1992
    Inventor: John W. Moore
  • Patent number: 4923148
    Abstract: Apparatus for stowing and deploying stores from air and marine craft (FIG. 2) in which the stores 28 are stowed on a modular stowage structure, such as pallets 32, with releasable locking devices 10 securing the pallets to the craft. Further releasable locking devices 29 and restraining means 30 are arranged to secure the stores to cradles 14 on respective associated pallets. The pallets and cradles are adapted to permit, upon release of the respective further releasable locking devices 29, movement by the effect of gravity of the stores to effect deployment of the stores. The stowage structure may be mounted on a ramp on the deck of the craft or the pitch of the vessel may be adjusted to effect deployment. The structure may be releasably slung beneath a sub-surface craft and provided with a fiberglass casing to make it floatable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1990
    Assignee: Babcock Energy Limited
    Inventors: John F. Fillingham, Ronald J. Hawkins, Anthony D. Wilson
  • Patent number: 4624468
    Abstract: A wheeled carriage mechanism is proposed for rendering movable large, heavy, waste containers which are otherwise immovable. The wheel carriage includes channel-like frames having wheel sets mountable on trunnions provided on the receptacle sides, the container being elevated into position off the ground and onto the wheel sets by a lever adapted to cooperate with the wheel carriage. A stabilizer bar of adjustable length is provided to be fitted between one of the wheel carriages and the receptacle so as to lock the container and prevent tipping or instability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1986
    Inventor: Donald R. Onken
  • Patent number: 4531752
    Abstract: A cart including a detachable carrier for moving firewood from a stockpile to a fireplace within a living quarter. The cart includes large wheels for movement over rough terrain while the cart is loaded and a set of smaller wheels for movement of the cart within buildings. The cart also includes a stair climbing apparatus to enable pulling a loaded cart up a flight of stairs. In one embodiment the smaller wheels are shiftable between a raised and a lowered position for selected usage upon operation of a linkage. In a second embodiment the smaller wheels are journaled on the detachable carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1985
    Inventor: Henry Diener
  • Patent number: 4213728
    Abstract: This invention describes a container lifter which is economical where only occasional deliveries occur and the use of machines such as heavy fork lift or a straddle truck is unwarranted.The container lifter has an open U-shape chassis which is provided with two sliding rams at each end, each ram having a chain preferably of alloy steel construction, the chains being attached to twist locks which are adapted to fit into the bottom corners of a container.In a modification, the container lifter is provided with a second set of rams, the second set being mounted on arches above the frames so as to enable the container to be lifted to such a height that it can be placed on a truck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1980
    Inventor: Geoffrey F. McKenzie
  • Patent number: 4168130
    Abstract: Apparatus for taking paving elements from a store of such elements, moving them over a placing position and placing them successively onto the subsoil. In one preferred form the apparatus comprises a fork-lift truck having a mast, a jib carried by that mast, swivel means permitting the jib to be swivelled about an upright swivelling axis, a trolley adapted to run along the jib, elevator means for raising and lowering the load carrier, and the arrangement being such that the load carrier can take the paving elements from the store irrespective of the swivelling position of the jib. In a second preferred form the arrangement is such that the load carrier having a plurality of suction apertures to engage respective paving elements can take the paving elements as they have passed an aligning device for a simultaneous alignment of a plurality of roughly aligned paving elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1979
    Assignees: Dr. Barth KG, F. von Langsdorff Bauverfahren GmbH
    Inventors: Gunter Barth, Fritz VON Langsdorff