Portable Adjustable Height Platform
OwnerJames Galante, Ian MacLeod +1inventors
InventorsJames Galante, Ian MacLeod, Stephen Hasty
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Abstract
A system and method for stocking and/or restocking shelves. The system includes a support member and a top platform coupled to the support member. The top platform is configured to receive at least one of a container of product and individual items to be at least one of stocked and restocked. The system includes a base portion coupled to the support member, wherein the base portion is configured to facilitate positioning the system relative to a shelf to be at least one of stocked or restocked. A height of the top platform is configured to be adjusted to a user-selected height and fixed at the user-selected height prior to receiving the at least one of the container of product and the individual items.
Claims20
A system for stocking shelves comprising:
- a support member;
- a top platform coupled to the support member, the top platform configured to receive at least one of a container of product and individual items to be at least one of stocked and restocked, wherein a height of the top platform is configured to be adjusted to a user-selected height and fixed at the user-selected height prior to receiving the at least one of the container of product and the individual items;
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- a base portion coupled to the support member, wherein the base portion is configured to facilitate positioning the system relative to a shelf to be at least one of stocked or restocked.
A system for stocking shelves comprising:
- a support member;
- a top platform coupled to the support member, the top platform configured to receive at least one of a container of product or individual items to be at least one of stocked or restocked,
- wherein a height of the top platform is configured to be adjusted to a user-selected height and fixed at the user-selected height prior to receiving the at least one of the container of product or the individual items;
- a base portion coupled to the support member, wherein the base portion comprises a base platform and the base portion is configured to facilitate positioning the system relative to a shelf to be at least one of stocked or restocked, wherein the base portion further comprises a plurality of wheels configured to facilitate moving the system from a location adjacent a supply of the at least one of the container of product or individual items to the shelf to be at least one of stocked or restocked;
- at least one fixing member configured to hold the top platform at the user-selected height when the top platform is substantially horizontal and to release the top platform when a front edge of the top platform is raised relative to a back edge of the top platform;
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- a counter balance coupled to the top platform and the support member, wherein the counter balance is configured to counter a weight associated with the top platform.
A method for stocking a shelf, said method comprising:
- adjusting a height of a top platform of a portable adjustable height platform system relative to a support member of the portable adjustable height platform system;
- placing at least one of a container of product to be stocked or a plurality of individual items to be stocked on the top platform;
- positioning the portable adjustable height platform system relative to a shelf to be at least one of stocked or restocked;
- and
- removing the at least one of the product or the individual items from the top platform and placing the at least one of the product or the individual items on the shelf.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.