Foldable devices for transporting loads
AssigneeLocher, Piper & Partner GmbH
InventorsMarian Piper, Francois Locher
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Abstract
The invention relates to a foldable device (3000) for transporting loads, the foldable device comprising: a first platform (3200); a running gear (3100), the running gear comprising a plurality of arms (3110) and a plurality of wheels (3130), each of the plurality of arms being rotatably coupled to the first platform and at least one of the plurality of wheels; and a device for aligning the plurality of arms and the plurality of wheels, which is configured to rotate each of the plurality of arms and each of the plurality of wheels by a rotary angle between at least one open and one folded state, wherein the plurality of arms and the plurality of wheels are arranged under the first platform when in the folded state.
Claims18
A foldable device for transporting loads, comprising:
- a first platform;
- a second platform;
- and
- a lift with a plurality of foldable shears rotatably coupled to the first platform and the second platform;
- wherein each of the plurality of foldable shears comprises a first elongated arm, a second elongated arm and a short arm, each of the first elongated arms, the second elongated arms, and the short arms having and maintaining a fixed length during folding of the foldable device;
- wherein each of the first elongated arms is rigidly coupled to a respective one of the second elongated arms;
- wherein each of the first elongated arms is foldable and each of the short arms is rotatably coupled to the second platform and rotatably connected to a respective one of the second elongated arms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.