Lifting apparatus mountable on a wall
OwnerTanner E. Martinventor
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Abstract
A lifting apparatus for mounting on an upper edge of a wall to transfer an item from a location on a first side of the wall to a location on a second side of the wall. The lifting apparatus may include a wall mounting assembly configured removably mounting on a portion of the wall including and adjacent to the upper edge of the wall. The wall mounting assembly may include a saddle structure configured to create a receiving space for receiving the upper edge of the wall and a portion of the wall adjacent to the upper edge of the wall. The lifting apparatus may also include a davit assembly mounted on the wall mounting assembly and configured to facilitate lifting of an item adjacent to a wall on which the wall mounting assembly is mounted.
Claims20
A lifting apparatus for mounting on an upper edge of a wall to transfer an item from a location proximate to a first side of the wall to a location proximate to a second side of the wall, the lifting apparatus comprising:
- a wall mounting assembly configured for removably mounting on a portion of the wall adjacent to the upper edge of the wall, the wall mounting assembly including a saddle structure configured to create a receiving space for receiving the upper edge of the wall and a portion of the wall adjacent to the upper edge of the wall, the saddle structure being elongated in a direction extending parallel to the sides of the wall when the saddle structure is mounted on the wall;
- a davit assembly mounted on the wall mounting assembly and configured to facilitate lifting of an item adjacent to a wall on which the wall mounting assembly is mounted;
- wherein the saddle structure includes a primary portion, the primary portion including a primary plate member positionable adjacent to the upper edge of the wall when the wall mounting assembly is mounted on the wall;
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- wherein the davit assembly includes a stanchion structure for extending substantially vertically upwardly from the wall mounting assembly when the primary plate member is positioned adjacent to the upper edge of the wall, the stanchion structure extending substantially perpendicularly from the primary plate member at a position on the primary plate member such that the stanchion structure is positioned over the upper edge of the wall when the wall mounting assembly is mounted on the wall.
A system comprising:
- a wall having an upper edge, a first side, and a second side;
- a lifting apparatus removably mounted the wall and configured to transfer an item from a location on a first side of the wall to a location on a second side of the wall, the lifting apparatus comprising:
- a wall mounting assembly removably mounted on a portion of the wall including and adjacent to the upper edge of the wall, the wall mounting assembly including a saddle structure configured to create a receiving space receiving the upper edge of the wall and a portion of the wall adjacent to the upper edge of the wall;
- a davit assembly mounted on the wall mounting assembly and configured to facilitate lifting of an item adjacent to the wall on which the wall mounting assembly is mounted;
- wherein the saddle structure being elongated between opposite ends, the saddle structure comprising:
- a primary portion including a primary plate member positioned adjacent to the upper edge of the wall, the primary plate member being continuous between the opposite ends of the saddle structure;
- a secondary portion including a pair of secondary plate members extending from the primary plate member in a laterally spaced arrangement with respect to each other to create a receiving space receiving the portion of the wall adjacent to the upper edge with each of the secondary plate members being positioned adjacent to one of the side surfaces of the wall, each of the secondary plate members being continuous between the opposite ends of the saddle structure;
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- wherein the davit assembly includes a stanchion structure extending substantially vertically upwardly from the wall mounting assembly, the stanchion structure extending substantially perpendicularly from the primary plate member at a position on the primary plate member such that the stanchion structure is positioned over the upper edge of the wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.