Fenestration lowering device
AssigneePGT Innovations, Inc.
InventorKenneth John Vander Bent, Jr.
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Abstract
Example aspects of a fenestration-lowering device and a method for using a fenestration-lowering device are disclosed. The fenestration-lowering device can include a frame; a support platform configured to move relative to the frame; and a hydraulic lowering mechanism configured to move the support platform. The method for using the fenestration-lowering device can include providing a hydraulic lowering mechanism for moving a support platform of the fenestration-lowering device from a raised orientation to a lowered orientation; setting a fenestration product on the support platform in the raised orientation; activating the hydraulic lowering mechanism to move the support platform from the raised orientation to the lowered orientation; and removing the fenestration product from the support platform.
Claims18
A fenestration lowering device comprising:
- a frame;
- a support platform configured to move relative to the frame between a first orientation and a second orientation;
- and
- a hydraulic actuator configured to move the support platform from the first orientation to the second orientation;
- and
- a spring return actuator configured to move the support platform from the second orientation to the first orientation.
A fenestration-lowering device comprising:
- a frame;
- a support platform configured to move relative to the frame between a raised orientation and a lowered orientation;
- a hydraulic lowering mechanism configured to move the support platform from the raised orientation to the lowered orientation;
- and
- a spring return mechanism configured to move the support platform from the lowered orientation to the raised orientation.
A method for using a fenestration-lowering device comprising:
- providing a hydraulic lowering mechanism for moving a support platform of the fenestration-lowering device from a raised orientation to a lowered orientation;
- setting a fenestration product on the support platform in the raised orientation;
- activating the hydraulic lowering mechanism to move the support platform from the raised orientation to the lowered orientation;
- removing the fenestration product from the support platform;
- and
- activating a spring return mechanism to move the support platform from the lowered orientation to the raised orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.