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US 12,037,226 B2Granted
Hoisting system, apparatus, kit and methodology
OwnerMark Helmuthinventor
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Abstract
System, apparatus, device, kit, method and associated technique for safely and securely lifting wall and other structures to a vertical position. An electronic winch device that when connected to an end of a wall structure lifts the structure. A keeper or catchment such that when the electronic winch has hoisted the wall structure to a substantially vertical position, catches and keeps the wall structure in place, allowing the technician to more properly secure the wall structure. The apparatuses are also designed for portability and collapsibility, with structural members telescoping inside one another to minimize size in transport but securely configurable when extended and locked into place.
Claims25
A hoist device for hoisting objects comprising:
- a boom member, said boom member being securely fastened to a base at a first end thereof;
- a pulley, said pulley being disposed at a second end of said boom member;
- a winch, said winch secured to said boom member;
- a cable, one end of which is secured to said winch, said cable configured at the other end to engage an object for hoisting, said cable being disposed on said pulley;
- a keeper at said second end of said boom member, said keeper including a catchment,
- whereby said keeper is configured to secure said object raised by the hoist device from a substantially horizontal position to a substantially vertical position, said keeper configured to prevent said object from falling forward by said catchment, said object being connected to and raised by said winch by spooling said cable with an engagement member;
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- an internal keeper configured to prevent said object from falling backward, said internal keeper including a sloped portion and a wedge portion, whereby as said object in raising passes over said sloped portion, said wedge portion is capable of preventing said object from slipping back.
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A hoisting system for hoisting objects comprising:
- at least one hoist device, wherein each said at least one hoist device comprises:
- a boom member, said boom member being securely fastened to a base at a first end thereof;
- a pulley, said pulley being disposed at a second end of said boom member;
- a winch, said winch secured to said boom member;
- a cable, one end of which is secured to said winch, said cable configured at the other end to engage an object for hoisting, said cable being disposed on said pulley;
- a keeper at said second end thereof said boom member, said keeper including a catchment,
- whereby said keeper is configured to secure said object raised by the hoist device from a substantially horizontal position to a substantially vertical position, said keeper configured to prevent said object from falling forward by said catchment, said object being connected to and raised by said winch by spooling said cable and
- an internal keeper configured to prevent said object from falling backward, said internal keeper including a sloped portion and a wedge portion, whereby as said object in raising passes over said sloped portion, said wedge portion is capable of preventing said object from slipping back,
- whereby said object is capable of being raised by said winch by spooling said cable attached to said object around said pulley.
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A hoist system kit comprising:
- at least one hoist device, wherein each said at least one hoist device comprises:
- a base;
- a boom member, said boom member capable of being securely fastened to said base at a first end thereof;
- a keeper disposed at a second end of said boom member, said keeper including a catchment;
- an internal keeper configured to prevent an object from falling backward, said internal keeper including a sloped portion and a wedge portion, whereby as said object in raising passes over said sloped portion, said wedge portion is capable of preventing said object from slipping back;
- a pulley, said pulley being disposed at said second end of said boom member;
- a winch, said winch capable of being secured to said boom member;
- a cable, one end of which is capable of being secured to said winch, said cable configured to engage said object for hoisting, said cable capable of being disposed on said pulley;
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- whereby, upon assembly of a hoist system from said hoist system kit, said keeper is configured to secure said object raised by said at least one hoist device from a substantially horizontal position to a substantially vertical position, said keeper configured to prevent said object from falling forward by said catchment, said object being connected to and raised by said winch by spooling said cable, and
- whereby said object is capable of being raised by said winch by spooling said cable attached to said object around said pulley.
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A method for hoisting an object comprising:
- positioning said object for hoisting;
- securing a securement plate on said object;
- securing a base adjacent said object;
- attaching a boom member to said base, said boom member configured to fasten to said base at a first end thereof, a keeper disposed at a second end of said boom member, said keeper having a catchment;
- securing a winch on said boom member;
- arranging a cable attached at one end to said winch, said cable at the other end thereof to engage said securement plate for hoisting said object,
- wrapping said cable about a pulley on said boom member, said pulley being disposed at said second end of said boom member;
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- operating said winch, thereby tightening said cable, and raising said object,
- whereby, upon raising said object from a substantially horizontal position to a substantially vertical position, said keeper is configured to secure said object at said substantially vertical position, said keeper configured to prevent said object from falling forward by said catchment, said object being connected to and raised by said winch by spooling said cable with an engagement member and
- whereby an internal keeper is configured to prevent said object from falling backward, said internal keeper including a sloped portion and a wedge portion, whereby as said object in raising passes over said sloped portion, said wedge portion is capable of preventing said object from slipping back.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.