Dolly, panel carrier and panel lift

Apparatus for carrying loads on a supporting surface, the loads including construction panels, each construction panel defining a notional unbounded construction panel plane, the apparatus comprising:

• a dolly frame having a front, two sides, a back and a longitudinal extent;
• two wheels, each mounted on a respective side of the dolly frame, with both wheels rotatable about a single common wheel axis, and each wheel having an outer circumference wherein the outer circumferences of the wheels define a notional wheel cylinder extending between the wheels;
• a load carriage comprising:
• a car in the slidable engagement with the dolly frame so as to permit reversible movement of the car along the longitudinal extent of the dolly frame;
• a pivot mount hingedly mounted to the car;
• and
• a load support, comprising a load ledge for supporting loads and defining a load ledge plane;
• and a load ledge body for stabilizing loads and defining a load ledge body plane;
• wherein the load ledge plane and load ledge body plane intersect at a load ledge line;
• wherein the load support is pivotably mounted to the pivot mount wherein the load support is pivotable relative to the pivot mount about a pivot axis substantially normal to the load ledge body plane;
• and
• a dolly raise assembly for reversible user-controlled movement of the car along the longitudinal extent of the dolly frame;
• wherein the load support is reversibly user-moveable relative to the dolly frame between:
• a front carry position wherein the load ledge line is substantially parallel to the wheel axis of rotation;
• and
• a side carry position wherein the load ledge line intersects the wheel cylinder and the load carriage is usable to carry at least one construction panel, with each such carried construction panel's construction panel plane intersecting the wheel cylinder and substantially normal to the wheel axis;
• wherein the reversible user movement of the load carriage relative to the dolly frame between the front carry position and the side carry position, involves:
• the reversible movement of the car along the longitudinal extent of the dolly frame;
• the hinged movement of the load support relative to the car;
• and the pivotal movement of the load support relative to the pivot mount.

Apparatus for carrying loads on a supporting surface and for user selectively lifting and orienting a construction panel for attachment to a wall or ceiling, the apparatus comprising:

• a dolly frame having a front, two sides, a back and a longitudinal extent;
• two wheels mounted to the dolly frame and a having a single common axis of rotation;
• a load carriage in slidable engagement with the dolly frame so as to permit reversible movement of the load carriage along the longitudinal extent of the dolly frame;
• a dolly raise assembly for reversible user-controlled movement of the load carriage along the longitudinal extent of the dolly frame;
• and
• a panel lift releasably affixable to the load carriage and comprising:
• a lift frame comprising:
• at a proximal end of the lift frame, a load carriage engagement means for engagement with the load carriage in the affixing of the panel lift to the load carriage;
• a panel carriage track extending from the vicinity of the proximal end to a distal end, the panel carriage track comprising:
• a vertical track section extending from the vicinity of the proximal end;
• a horizontal track section at the distal end;
• and a curved track section connecting the vertical track section and horizontal track section;
• a panel carriage in slidable engagement with the panel carriage track and comprising a single-panel ledge for supporting a construction panel;
• a panel carriage raise assembly for reversible user-controlled movement of the panel carriage along the panel carriage track;
• whereby, with the panel lift affixed to the load carriage, lifting and orienting a construction panel supported by the single-panel ledge, for attachment to:
• a ceiling involves, using the panel carriage raise assembly to move the panel carriage and supported panel to the horizontal track section;
• and then using the dolly raise assembly to raise the panel assembly to bring the construction panel adjacent the ceiling;
• and
• a wall involves, using the panel carriage raise assembly along the vertical track section and/or using the using the dolly raise assembly to raise the panel assembly, to move the construction panel to a desired height on the wall.