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AssigneeDates Weiser Furniture Corporation
InventorsAllan Weiser, Michael David Beltz, Adam Joseph Kessler, Conrad M. Marini
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a furniture moving device having a frame with a lower portion and an upper portion. The upper portion includes a support rail. The frame also includes a lift mechanism connected to one end of the support rail. The lift mechanism is operable to raise a furniture article off the ground such that the furniture article is supported at the height of the support rail. The support rail and the lift mechanism also are sufficiently continuous to allow sliding of the furniture article from one to the other.
Claims26
A furniture moving device, comprising:
- a frame having a lower portion and an upper portion, wherein the upper portion includes a support rail;
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- a lift mechanism connected near one end of the support rail, with the lift mechanism operable to raise a furniture article off the ground such that the furniture article is supported at approximately the same height as the support rail.
A method of moving furniture, comprising:
- providing a cart having a support surface and a lift mechanism operable to engage a furniture article and elevate it to the height of the support surface, wherein the cart has wheels enabling movement of the cart when loaded with furniture articles;
- engaging a furniture article with the lift mechanism at a first height;
- lifting the furniture article with the lift mechanism up to a second height equal to the support surface height;
- sliding the furniture article off of the lift mechanism and onto the support surface;
- lowering the lift mechanism to the first height;
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- engaging a second furniture article.
A furniture moving system, comprising:
- a furniture article having a support surface and a first and a second lift point positioned outboard of the support surface when the furniture article is in a folded position but positioned inboard of the support surface when the furniture article is expanded into the furniture article's usable position;
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- a moving device having a furniture article lift mechanism operable to engage the first and second lift points and lift the furniture article off the ground via the first and second lift points and also having wheels located at the base of the moving device suitable to move the furniture article from a first location to a second location while the furniture article is supported on the moving device.
The furniture moving system of claim 19, wherein the moving device includes a first support and a second support that are positioned adjacent to the furniture article lift mechanism such that after the furniture article is lifted to the lift mechanism's full height the furniture article is slid off the lift mechanism and onto the first and second support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.