Crane mat lift
OwnerSamuel Romeroinventor
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Abstract
A mat lift is disclosed. In an example, the mat lift may be configured to work with a truck-mounted crane to store and organize a plurality of mat pads. An example of the mat lift includes a channel track that extends rearwardly on a back end of the truck-mounted crane. The example channel track has a downward bend that extends the channel track vertically down a rear surface of the truck-mounted crane. The example channel track also includes a winch or roller that drives a cable or chain in order to move a trolley from a first horizontal end to a second vertical end of the channel track. In an example, the trolley includes a post member configured to receive at least one of the plurality of mat pads thereon.
Claims16
A vehicular mat lift comprising:
- a channel track from which a trolley translates thereon, the channel track configured to be affixed to a rear end of a vehicle, the trolley configured to receive at least one mat pad thereon, and the trolley configured to store and organize the at least one mat pad in a vertical orientation or at an accessible and horizontal orientation,
- a horizontal portion and a vertical portion of the channel track, the horizontal portion meets the vertical portion at a substantially ninety-degree bend that extends the vertical portion downwards;
- wherein the channel track has an I-beam cross-section, the channel track is configured to be affixed onto a top surface and a rear surface of the vehicle, the horizontal portion of the channel track is configured to be affixed onto the top surface of the vehicle, the top surface of the vehicle is horizontal and corresponds with the horizontal portion of the channel track, and the vertical portion of the channel track is configured to be affixed onto the rear surface of the vehicle;
- wherein the channel track is further defined with an outer member, the outer member is visible from the rear end of the vehicle, the outer member is further defined with an outer surface and an inner surface, and the outer member is parallel with the inner surface, the inner surface faces a vertical member and an inner member, the vertical member is perpendicular with the outer member and the inner member, and the outer member, the vertical member, and the inner member collectively form the “I”-beam shape that is the channel track;
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- wherein the rear surface of the vehicle is vertical and corresponds with the vertical portion of the channel track;
- wherein the trolley rolls along the outer member of the channel track, and the trolley rolls across both the horizontal portion and the vertical portion.
A vehicular mat lift for storing one or more vehicle stabilizing mats on a vehicle and deploying the vehicle stabilizing mats from the vehicle, comprising:
- a storage location and orientation for the vehicle stabilizing mats;
- a deployment location and orientation for the vehicle stabilizing mats;
- a holding mechanism for the vehicle stabilizing mats;
- a carriage mechanism attached to the holding mechanism;
- a drive mechanism for the carriage mechanism;
- a track or outer member along which the carriage mechanism travels, such that the holding mechanism may move from the storage location and orientation to the deployment location and orientation, to facilitate unloading of the vehicle stabilizing mats, and such that when the vehicle stabilizing mats are reloaded into or onto the holding mechanism, the holding mechanism may move from the deployment location and orientation back to the storage location and orientation;
- wherein the drive mechanism includes a motor, gear, drive chain, and sprockets.
A vehicular mat lift comprising:
- a channel track configured to be affixed to a vehicle;
- a trolley translating on the channel track, the trolley configured to receive at least one mat pad thereon, and the trolley configured to store and organize the at least one mat pad in a vertical orientation or at an accessible and horizontal orientation;
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- an outer member of the channel track, the outer member having an outer surface and an inner surface, the outer member is parallel with the inner member, the inner surface faces a vertical member and an inner member, the vertical member is perpendicular with the outer member and the inner member, and the outer member, the vertical member, and the inner member collectively form the channel track;
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- wherein a rear surface of the vehicle is vertical and corresponds with the vertical portion of the channel track;
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- wherein the trolley rolls along the outer member of the channel track, and the trolley rolls across both the horizontal portion and the vertical portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.