Motorized dolly for heavy loads and method for moving natural and engineered stone slabs
AssigneeVangura Kitchen Tops, Inc.
InventorEdward P. Vangura
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Abstract
A motorized dolly for transporting at least one slab includes a base having a plurality of wheels rotatably connected to the base for moving the base along a ground surface and a drive system including at least one motor disposed in the base and coupled to at least one of the plurality of wheels configured to rotate the at least one wheel of the plurality of wheels for forward and backward movement of the base along the ground surface. The motorized dolly also includes a riser assembly connected to the base configured to extend to increase a height of the at least one slab relative to the base and the ground surface and to retract to reduce the height of the at least one slab relative to the ground surface and the base.
Claims20
A motorized dolly for transporting at least one slab, the motorized dolly comprising:
- a base comprising a plurality of wheels rotatably connected to the base for moving the base along a ground surface;
- a drive system comprising at least one motor disposed in the base and coupled to at least one of the plurality of wheels configured to rotate the at least one wheel of the plurality of wheels for forward and backward movement of the base along the ground surface;
- a riser assembly connected to the base configured to extend to increase a height of the at least one slab relative to the base and the ground surface and to retract to reduce the height of the at least one slab relative to the ground surface and the base;
- a platform pivotally and rotatably connected to the riser assembly configured to receive the at least one slab, wherein the platform pivots relative to the riser assembly to transition the platform between a transport position, where the platform is in a substantially vertical position, and an unloading position, where the platform is in a substantially horizontal position;
- a plurality of outrigger supports comprising a first end connected to the base and a second end opposite the first end, the plurality of outrigger supports being configured to be deployed to contact the ground surface for stabilizing the base and the at least one slab received by the platform;
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- a turning leg rotatably connected to the base and extending downward from a bottom side of the base, the turning leg being transitionable from a retracted position in which the turning leg does not interfere with the forward and backward movement of the base, and an extended position in which the turning leg lifts the base and the plurality of wheels away from the ground surface.
A motorized dolly for transporting at least one slab, the motorized dolly comprising:
- a base comprising a plurality of wheels rotatably connected to the base for moving the base along a ground surface;
- a drive system comprising at least one motor disposed in the base and coupled to at least one of the plurality of wheels configured to rotate the at least one wheel of the plurality of wheels for forward and backward movement of the base along the ground surface;
- a riser assembly connected to the base configured to extend to increase a height of the at least one slab relative to the base and the ground surface and to retract to reduce the height of the at least one slab relative to the ground surface and the base;
- a platform pivotally and rotatably connected to the riser assembly configured to receive the at least one slab, wherein the platform pivots relative to the riser assembly to transition the platform between a transport position, where the platform is in a substantially vertical position, and an unloading position, where the platform is in a substantially horizontal position;
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- a handle assembly connected to the base, the handle assembly comprising a handle configured to be grasped by a user for guiding forward, backward, and turning movement of the motorized dolly and at least one electronic control for engaging and disengaging the drive system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.