# US 4,375,113 A · Beehive superstructure transport apparatus

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- Number: US 4,375,113 A
- Document ID: US4375113A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/264,474
- Filed: 1981-05-18
- Granted: 1983-03-01
- Earliest claimed: 1981-05-18
- Inventors: Edna A. Ewert
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4375113A

## CPC

- A01K 55/00: Bee-smokers; Bee-keepers' accessories, e.g. veils
- A01K: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS

## Abstract

A beehive super transportation apparatus which incorporates opposed lifting fingers adjustably coupled to a wheel-supported frame which is disposed to support the fingers as they sequentially engage opposed edges of the super, to serve as a device to lift the super one end at a time from the hive as a handle coupled to the frame is shifted to pivot the frame about the wheel support, so that a single person can lift and carry a honey-filled super from a hive without either undue strain or bodily contact with the hive body or the super.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A transport apparatus for lifting and carrying a super from a hive body, comprising:
frame means having a base and first and second legs projecting therefrom for flanking said super;
wheel means having wheels coupled to said first and second legs for rotatably supporting said frame means;
gate means having a beam releasably connected between said first and second legs for connecting the ends of said legs; and
shelf means having first and second shelves coupled to opposed regions of said frame means for wedging between said super and said hive to break the seal therebetween and further for engaging opposing ends of said super.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A transport apparatus in accord with claim 1 wherein said shelf means comprises:
an angle having a projecting leg;
shaft means coupled to said angle and to said frame means for driving said angle in the direction of said projecting leg.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A transport apparatus in accord with claim 2 wherein said shaft means comprises:
a shaft rotatably coupled to said angle;
bracket means threadedly coupled to said shaft for permitting a location of said shaft to be vertically adjusted with respect to said frame means.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

A transport apparatus in accord with claim 3 wherein said frame means further comprises a handle projecting above said frame means so that a person can readily manipulate said frame means upon said wheels.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

A transport apparatus in accord with claim 4 wherein said shelf means further comprises said projecting leg having a sharpened outer edge so that the bee glue seal between said hive body and said super can be readily broken.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

A transport apparatus in accord with claim 1, wherein:
said gate means can be rolled aside said super; and
said first shelf having a coupling to said beam and said second shelf having a coupling to said base so that said frame means can be rocked upon said wheels after said shelves have engaged said super to lift said super.

### Claim 7

A method of transporting a super from a beehive, comprising the steps of:
rolling a wheel supported u-shaped frame about said beehive;
closing a gate coupled to said frame to gird said beehive within;
tilting said frame forward about said wheels;
coupling a first angle shelf to said gate;
driving a projecting leg of said first angle shelf between said hive and said super;
tilting said frame backward about said wheels to lift a first end of said super from said hive.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

A method of transporting a super in accord with claim 7 further comprising the steps of:
coupling a second angle shelf to a base of said frame at a location opposed to said gate;
driving a projecting leg of said second angle shelf between said hive and said super; and
tilting said frame forward about said wheels to lift the entirety of said super from said hive.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

A method of transporting a super in accord with claim 7, further comprising the step of wheeling said frame to a remote site to service said super.