Module moving systems
AssigneeBlox, LLC
InventorChris Giattina
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Abstract
The present disclosure generally pertains to a system for lifting and moving pre-fabricated building modules. In certain embodiments, a lifting apparatus is provided, wherein a frame is configured to attach to the exterior surface of a pre-fabricated module and wherein the lifting apparatus, along with an attached pre-fabricated module, may be lifted and moved either by rolling the lifting apparatuses or by hoisting the pre-fabricated module using a crane attached to brackets on the lifting apparatuses. The height of the lifting apparatus may be adjusted using a source of force, such as a crank-operated or hydraulic jack, to attach the lifting apparatus to a pre-fabricated module.
Claims15
A system for positioning a pre-fabricated module comprising:
- at least one lifting member, each including
- a vertically-arranged elongated member;
- at least one bracket attached to one face of the elongated member, wherein each bracket includes a vertically-aligned support pin;
- at least one brace attached coplanar with, but perpendicular to, the face of the elongated member to which each bracket is attached, wherein a first side of the at least one brace is configured to contact the pre-fabricated module;
- and
- a lifting aperture attached to extend above the top of the elongated member,
- wherein the vertical support pin of an upper bracket of the lifting member includes an aperture therethrough, which is aligned with an aperture through the elongated member of the lifting member.
A system, comprising:
- a pre-fabricated module;
- and
- a lifting apparatus having a plurality of brackets, wherein a first bracket and a second bracket of the plurality of brackets are positioned on a side of the lifting apparatus, the first bracket comprising a first support pin configured to pass through a first aperture and the second bracket comprising a second support pin configured to pass through a second aperture, and wherein the lifting apparatus further comprises a lifting aperture extending above a top face of an elongated member of the lifting apparatus;
- and
- a locking pin configured to pass through at least one aperture of the lifting apparatus and at least one aperture of the first support pin or at least one aperture of the second support pin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.