Impromptuly deployable conveyance system and method

An impromptuly deployable method of conveying at least one article comprising the steps of:

• deploying a conveyance system in an impromptu manner,
• said conveyance system comprising at least one mechanical conveyance facilitator interrelated with a first framework, said first framework having at least three non-collinear base points capable of collectively bearing said first framework in a stable conveying disposition,
• said deploying entailing disposing said conveyance system in said stable conveyance disposition with at least one supporting portion of said first framework first dimension disposed at least partially along at least one supported section of a conveyance path between first and second settings, said conveyance system being essentially immediately operable upon said disposing in said stable conveying disposition,
• said deploying manifesting said impromptu manner by substantially only entailing preliminarily ascertaining that deploying situations include at least one suitable conveyance path between first and second settings capable of bearing the articles to be conveyed, said settings, stable conveying disposition, and conveyance path being widely variable for differing deploying situations;
• providing at least partial support for at least one article being conveyed along at least one of said conveyance path supported sections;
• and
• facilitating said conveying by mitigating at least one gravitationally related article conveying complication with at least one of said mechanical conveyance facilitators when providing said at least partial support for at least one article being conveyed

The impromptuly deployable method of conveying at least one article according to claim 30, wherein said moving mechanical conveyance facilitators are rotatable about axes that are constrainable relative to said first framework, said mitigating involving rotation of at least one of said moving mechanical conveyance facilitators, said method further comprising the step of governing said mechanical conveyance facilitators' rotating, said governing having at least one attribute selected from a group consisting of:

• a) operating passively;
• b) operating selectively;
• c) operating automatically in response to a conveyance related factor;
• d) operating consistently for all of said conveyance system's rotatable conveyance facilitators;
• e) operating differently for differing subsets of said conveyance system's rotatable conveyance facilitators;
• f) providing a conveyance system capable of realizing at least one of the present claim 31 further steps a) through e);
• g) and combinations thereof.

The impromptuly deployable method of conveying at least one article according to claim 35, said first framework further having a first framework third dimension that is not parallel to said first framework first dimension, at least a portion of said article conveying support being at least partially expressible in a positive direction of said first framework third dimension, further comprising at least one step selected from a group consisting of:

• a) expressing at least one of said operative faces' supportability for an article being conveyed by translating said operative face in the first framework third dimension positive direction;
• b) expressing at least one of said operative faces' article conveying mitigability by translating said operative face in the first framework third dimension positive direction;
• c) repressing at least one of said operative faces' supportability for an article being conveyed by translating said operative face in a first framework third dimension negative direction;
• d) repressing at least one of said operative faces' article conveying mitigability by translating said operative face in a first framework third dimension negative direction;
• e) providing a conveyance system capable of realizing at least one of the present claim 36 further steps a) through d);
• f) and combinations thereof.

The impromptuly deployable method of conveying at least one article according to claim 37, further comprising at least one step selected from a group consisting of:

• a) expressing said first framework bearing capability by at least one of said operative faces by translating said bearing operative face in the first framework third dimension negative direction;
• b) expressing said displacing mitigability by at least one of said operative faces by translating said mitigable operative face in the first framework third dimension negative direction;
• c) repressing said first framework bearing capability by at least one of said operative faces by translating said bearing operative face in the first framework third dimension positive direction;
• d) repressing said displacing mitigability by at least one of said operative faces by translating said mitigable operative face in the first framework third dimension positive direction;
• e) providing a conveyance system capable of realizing at least one of the present claim 38 further steps a) through d);
• f) and combinations thereof.

The impromptuly deployable method of conveying at least one article according to claim 30, wherein at least one of said mechanical conveyance facilitators is rotatable, said rotatability being realizable in varying manners, at least one of said manners of realizing said rotatability selected from a group consisting of:

• a) by being rotatable about a single axis;
• b) by being rotatable about a single axis that is variably dispositionable;
• c) by being rotatable about a single axis that is variably dispositionable, said axis dispositions varying by overall translations;
• d) by being rotatable about a single axis that is variably dispositionable, said axis dispositions varying by differential translations that translate at least a first portion of said axis differently than at least a second portion of said axis is translated;
• e) by being rotatable about at least first and second axes that are not parallel;
• f) by being rotatable about an axis with an at least partially unconstrained orientation so that said axis orientations can continuously vary throughout a non-trivial solid angle;
• g) by being rotatable about an axis with an unconstrained orientation;
• h) by at least one of said mechanical conveyance facilitators having a composite structure incorporating at least first and second rotatable sub-components with separate, nonparallel rotational axes so that said article conveying in a first direction is mitigable by rotation of said first rotatable sub-component and said article conveying in a second direction is mitigable by rotation of said second sub-component;
• i) providing a conveyance system capable of at least one of the present claim 41 rotatability variations a) through h);
• j) and combinations thereof.

The impromptuly deployable method of conveying at least one article according to claim 28 wherein at least one auxiliary conveying functionality capable of affecting at least one conveying process operative parameter is further providable by said conveyance system, further comprising an optional auxiliary conveying functionality utilizing step selected from a group consisting of:

• a) modulating at least one operative parameter of at least one of said mitigating and said providing support steps;
• b) modulating at least one operative parameter of at least one of said mitigating and said providing support steps, said modulating being effectible at least one of selectively, and autonomously in response to at least one of said operative parameters;
• c) impeding, at least partially, at least one portion of said conveying process;
• d) impeding, at least partially, at least one portion of said conveying process, said impeding being effectible at least one of selectively, and autonomously in response to at least one of said operative parameters;
• e) augmenting, at least partially, at least one portion of said conveying process;
• f) augmenting, at least partially, at least one portion of said conveying process, said augmenting being effectible at least one of autonomously in response to at least one of said operative parameters and selectively;
• g) providing a conveyance system capable of at least one of the present claim 42 optional utilizing steps a) through f);
• h) and combinations thereof.

The impromptuly deployable method of conveying at least one article according to claim 44 wherein said ancillary mechanical conveyance assistor is at least partially separable from the balance of said conveyance system, said separability enabling said ancillary mechanical conveyance assistor to provide at least one capability selected from a group consisting of:

• a) suitability, when in an at least partially separated state, for interfacing with at least one article;
• b) suitability, when in an at least partially separated state, for aiding in translating at least one article;
• c) suitability, when in an at least partially separated state, for aiding in controlling at least one article;
• d) suitability, when in an at least partially separated state, for aiding initiation of at least partial support of at least one article by the balance of said conveyance system;
• e) suitability, when in an at least partially separated state, for aiding conclusion of at least partial support of at least one article by the balance of said conveyance system;
• f) and combinations thereof;
• said method further comprising a first optional step of utilizing at least one of said separability enabled mechanical conveyance assistor capabilities, and
• a second optional step of providing a conveyance system capable of at least one of the present claim 45 optional ancillary conveyance assisting capabilities a) through f).

A composite conveyance apparatus comprising:

• at least one conveyance facilitating assembly and at least one supplementary component interrelated with a first framework,
• said first framework and conveyance facilitating assembly suitable for at least partially supporting at least one article being conveyed and at least one article conveyance complication mitigable by said conveyance facilitating assembly, and
• at least one conveyance-distinct function pertinent to a projected general realm of conveyance-related purposes providable by said supplementary component;
• said mitigability effectible via at least one conveyance facilitating assembly element that is rotatable relative to said first framework, said rotatable element involved in communicating to said article at least a portion of said partial support so that said element's rotation, when communicating said support, facilitates conveyance of the article relative to said first framework;
• and
• said supplementary component and said conveyance facilitating assembly, when operable, are abeyant during said article conveying and said conveyance-distinct functioning, respectively.

A topographically adaptable article conveyance system comprising:

• an articulated framework interrelated with at least one mechanical conveyance facilitator capable of mitigating at least one gravitationally related article conveyance complication,
• said articulated framework comprising a serial plurality of interconnected framework segments defining at least one article conveyance path, at least one interconnection of adjacent framework segments enabling their repositioning relative to each other, said framework segments' relative repositioning enabling repositioning of said article conveyance path,
• said at least one mechanical conveyance facilitator's interrelation with said framework segments enabling repositioning of the at least one mechanical conveyance facilitator concomitantly with said conveyance path repositioning, said concomitant mechanical conveyance facilitator repositioning enabling article conveyance along said repositioned conveyance path to also be facilitated by said at least one mechanical conveyance facilitator;
• wherein said repositionings effectible by a framework first segment, relative to an adjacent framework second segment, include at least one of a first and a second alteration of the framework first segment's orientation, said first and second framework first segment orientation alterations involving rotations in first and second non-parallel planes, respectively.