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US 10,093,217 B2Granted
Movable frame including gantry
OwnerAntu Eduardo Chicahuala, Daniel Chicahualainventors
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a height-adjustable gantry assembly configured to be securely connected to a gantry load resting on a working surface. The height-adjustable gantry assembly, in use, lifts and supports the gantry load vertically above the working surface. A movable frame assembly is configured to move and support the height-adjustable gantry assembly.
Claims18
An apparatus, comprising:
- a height-adjustable gantry assembly being configured to be securely connected to a gantry load resting on a working surface;
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- the height-adjustable gantry assembly also being configured to be height adjusted in such a way that the height-adjustable gantry assembly, in use, lifts and supports the gantry load vertically above the working surface once the height-adjustable gantry assembly is securely connected to the gantry load;
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- a movable frame assembly being configured to move and support the height-adjustable gantry assembly in such a way that the movable frame assembly moveably supports the height-adjustable gantry assembly and the gantry load once the movable frame assembly has moved the height-adjustable gantry assembly proximate to the gantry load, and once the height-adjustable gantry assembly is securely connected to the gantry load;
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- the height-adjustable gantry assembly also being configured to maintain the gantry load in a substantially stationary position relative to the movable frame assembly once the movable frame assembly is made to move relative to the working surface;
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- wherein:
- the height-adjustable gantry assembly is configured to move the gantry load horizontally relative to the working surface once the height-adjustable gantry assembly has vertically lifted the gantry load above the working surface;
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- the movable frame assembly includes a movable U-shaped frame;
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- the height-adjustable gantry assembly is configured to be securely selectively connectable to the gantry load resting on the working surface once the movable U-shaped frame is moved so that the height-adjustable gantry assembly is vertically positioned above the gantry load;
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- the movable U-shaped frame is configured to be moved in such a way that the height-adjustable gantry assembly is vertically positioned above the gantry load;
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- the movable U-shaped frame surrounds the gantry load along three sides including a front side and lateral opposite sides of the gantry load while leaving the back side open and accessible for the gantry load;
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- the movable U-shaped frame is configured to be mounted to tires, in which the tires are rotatably mounted to the movable frame assembly, in which the tires are configured to facilitate horizontal movement of the movable frame assembly relative to the working surface;
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- the movable U-shaped frame includes:
- a first elongated member having a first end section;
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- a second elongated member having a second end section, and being held in a spaced-apart, side-by-side relationship relative to the first elongated member;
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- a frame-connection member connecting the first end section of the first elongated member with the second end section of the second elongated member;
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- a walking beam suspension mounted to opposite sides of the movable U-shaped frame, and in which the walking beam suspension provides a user-working surface for receiving and supporting a user;
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- a neck attachment fixedly attached to the movable frame assembly, and in which the neck attachment is configured to be selectively connectable to, and disconnectable from, a prime mover, and in which the neck attachment includes a removable gooseneck hitch;
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- a winch assembly mounted to, and supported by, the movable U-shaped frame, and in which the winch assembly is configured to haul in an anti-swing line that is connected to a bottom section of the gantry load in such a way that the winch assembly, in use, reduces, at least in part, swinging side-to-side movement of the gantry load.
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