System and method for the transport and holding of building materials
AssigneeNilec Solutions, LLC
InventorsTimothy Allen Niedzwiecki, Scott David Compton
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to the transport of one or more loads of items including building materials and/or other items to one or more target surfaces including one or more elevated surfaces. The present disclosure is also directed to the holding of one or more loads of items including building materials and/or other items during transport to one or more target surfaces including one or more elevated surfaces. The present disclosure is also directed to the holding of one or more loads of items including building materials and/or other items on one or more target surfaces including one or more elevated surfaces.
Claims13
A method comprising:
- a transporting step that includes transporting one or more items to one or more target surfaces via one or more multi-part portable platforms, each of the one or more multi-part portable platforms including:
- a base member having a bottom surface at a first elevation and an upper surface at a second elevation;
- and
- a removable member supported on the base member, the removable member having a one or more first contact surfaces holding the one or more items and one or more second contact surfaces for fork tines and other elongated support members of lifting equipment;
- wherein the multi-part portable platform is configured to receive the fork tines and other elongated support members at a third elevation between the first elevation and the second elevation below the one or more second contact surfaces of the removable member in a manner effective to separate the removable member from the base member for transporting the removable member and the one or more items to the one or more target surfaces.
A method comprising:
- a transporting step that includes transporting one or more first items to one or more first pitched roofs via at least a first multi-part portable platform including:
- a base member;
- and
- a removable member supported on the base member, the removable member having an upper surface holding the one or more first items;
- wherein the base member is configured to be transported via fork tines and other elongated support members of lifting equipment;
- and
- wherein the removable member is configured to be separated from the base member via the fork tines and the other elongated support members and transported by the fork tines and the other elongated support members to a first roof of the one or more first pitched roofs by contacting a first part of the removable member on a first side of a peak of the first roof and contacting a second part of the removable member on a second side of the peak of the first roof.
A method comprising:
- a placing step that includes placing one or more first bundles of roofing shingles onto at least one first pitched roof of one or more first pitches of a plurality of pitches via at least a first multi-part portable platform including:
- a first base member;
- and
- a first removable member supported on the first base member, the first removable member having a first upper surface holding the one or more first bundles of roofing shingles;
- wherein the first multi-part portable platform is configured to receive fork tines and other elongated support members of lifting equipment in a manner effective for the fork tines and other elongated support members to separate the first removable member from the first base member;
- and
- wherein the first removable member includes a first bottom surface configured to contact opposing sides of a peak of the at least one first pitched roof when placed onto the at least one first pitched roof via the fork tines and other elongated support members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.