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US 2017/0341924 A1Published application
Moveable Saddle Rack
AssigneeDeWitt Innovations, LLC
InventorLee John DeWitt
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Abstract
A moveable saddle rack that may be laterally translatable across a trailer, vertically translatable to facilitate user access to an upper saddle seat of the saddle rack, or both laterally translatable and vertically translatable.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a moveable saddle rack comprising a stationary frame portion and a moveable frame portion supporting a plurality of saddle seats spaced apart in a stacked vertical arrangement;
- and
- a gas spring actuator that facilitates vertical translation of the moveable frame portion with respect to the stationary frame portion.
An apparatus comprising:
- a moveable saddle rack comprising a stationary frame portion and a moveable frame portion supporting a plurality of saddle seats spaced apart in a stacked vertical arrangement;
- and
- an electric piston actuator and a gas spring actuator operable to vertically translate the moveable frame portion with respect to the stationary frame portion.
A method of accessing a saddle rack, the method comprising:
- vertically translating with an electric actuator and a gas spring actuator at least a portion of a saddle rack from a storage height to a load height;
- and
- loading or unloading a saddle from the saddle rack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.