Storage shelf moving device and system
AssigneeIngram Book Group LLC
InventorZoran Belevski
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Abstract
A storage shelf moving device is disclosed herein and may include a plurality of moving devices. Each of the plurality of moving devices includes a main body and a wheel assembly. The main body includes an elongate portion and an end plate oriented substantially perpendicular to the elongate portion. The elongate portion may be operable to selectively couple to the storage shelf. The wheel assembly may be coupled to the main body and include an extendable support and a wheel rotatably mounted at a lower end of the extendable support. The storage shelf moving system may be operable to lift the storage shelf from the ground surface when the extendable supports of each of the plurality of moving devices are extended.
Claims15
A storage shelf moving device comprising:
- a main body including an elongate portion and an end plate oriented substantially perpendicular to the elongate portion, the elongate portion having a plurality of apertures configured to receive fasteners, wherein the elongate portion is operable to be selectively coupled to a shelving unit having a corresponding plurality of apertures;
- a wheel assembly coupled to the main body, the wheel assembly including an extendable support and a wheel rotatably mounted at a lower end of the extendable support;
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- an actuator associated with the extendable support and configured to selectively drive the extendable support between at least a first state and a second state, wherein the storage shelf moving device is operable to lift the storage shelf coupled thereto from a ground surface when the extendable support is extended from the first state.
A storage shelf moving system comprising:
- a plurality of moving devices, each of the plurality of moving devices including:
- a main body including an elongate portion and an end plate oriented substantially perpendicular to the elongate portion, the elongate portion having a plurality of apertures configured to receive fasteners, wherein the elongate portion is operable to be selectively coupled to a shelving unit having a corresponding plurality of apertures;
- a wheel assembly coupled to the main body, the wheel assembly including an extendable support and a wheel rotatably mounted at a lower end of the extendable support;
- and
- an actuator associated with the extendable support and configured to selectively drive the extendable support between at least a first state and a second state, wherein the storage shelf moving device is operable to lift the storage shelf coupled thereto from a ground surface when the extendable support is extended from the first state.
A method of moving a storage shelf from an initial location on a ground surface to a target location on the ground surface, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of moving devices, each of the plurality of moving devices including a main body having an elongate portion and an end plate oriented substantially perpendicular to the elongate portion, the elongate portion having a plurality of apertures configured to receive fasteners, and a wheel assembly coupled to the main body, the wheel assembly including an extendable support and a wheel axle rotatably mounted at a lower end of the extendable support;
- coupling the plurality of moving devices, via the respective elongate portions thereof, to corresponding portions of the storage shelf, wherein the extendable supports for each of the plurality of moving devices are in a first state;
- actuating the extendable supports for each of the plurality of moving devices from the first state to a second state, wherein the storage shelf is lifted from the ground surface;
- moving the storage shelf to the target location;
- actuating the extendable supports for each of the plurality of moving devices from the second state to the first state, wherein the storage shelf is supported by the ground surface;
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- decoupling the plurality of moving devices from the corresponding portions of the storage shelf.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.