Quick coupling and lift device

A quick lift couple and attachment comprising, in combination:

• (1) a couple construction made up of:
• (a) a pair of elongate, normally vertical couple guide plate beams,
• (b) said couple guide plate beams opposed to one another in parallel, spaced apart relationship and being substantially rectangular in side, front and plan views,
• (c) said guide plate beams having forward and rearward edges, top and bottom ends and inboard and outboard elongate flat faces,
• (d) a lower, normally horizontal couple stabilizer beam extending between the opposed inboard faces of said couple guide plate beams adjacent the lower ends thereof and connected thereto with its ends near to the guide plate beam front edges so that one surface of the stabilizer beam is substantially in line therewith,
• (e) each guide plate beam, adjacent the top end thereof, having mounted inboard thereof a secondary beam member positioned substantially parallel to the guide plate, the secondary beams and guide plate beams secured to one another adjacent the rearward edges thereof,
• (2) an attachment for said couple made up of:
• (a) a work piece member having a normally vertical rearward face of such dimension as to extend between and across and be able to abut against the forward edges of said couple guide plates below the top ends thereof and in a position normal to the said guide plates,
• (b) two sets of normally vertical, paired work piece support plates fixed to the rearward face of said work piece member and extending normal thereto,
• (c) the centers of the sets of such work piece support plates spaced apart from one another the distance separating the centers of the secondary beam members and the two support plates of each set spaced apart a distance slightly greater than thickness of said secondary beam members, whereby, when the couple is moved toward the work piece member rear face, the secondary beam members may engage between the members of the set of support plates, and
• (3) means cooperating between the couple secondary beam members and the upper portions of the sets of support plates for removably engaging the one with the other behind the forward edges of the couple guide plates and raising and lowering the said support plates and attached work piece member when said guide plates are raised and lowered.

A quick lift couple and attachment comprising, in combination:

• (1) a couple construction made up of:
• (a) a pair of elongate, normally vertical couple guide plate beams,
• (b) said couple guide plate beams opposed to one another in parallel, spaced apart relationship and being substantially rectangular in side, front and plan view,
• (c) said beams having forward and rearward edges, top and bottom ends and inboard and outboard elongate flat faces,
• (d) a lower, normally horizontal, couple stabilizer beam extending between the opposed inboard faces of said couple guide plate beams adjacent the lower ends thereof and connected thereto with its ends near to the guide plate beam front edges so that one surface of the stabilizer beam is substantially in line therewith,
• (e) each guide plate, adjacent the top and thereof, having mounted adjacent thereto a secondary beam member extending normally vertical and substantially parallel to the guide plate, the respective secondary beam members and guide plates rigidly secured to one another adjacent one vertical edge of the guide plate and one vertical edge of the secondary beam member,
• (2) an attachment to said couple made up of:
• (a) a work piece member having a normally vertical rearward face of such dimension as to extend between and across and be able to abut against the forward edges of said couple guide plates below the upper ends of said guide plates,
• (b) two sets of normally vertical, paired work piece support plates fixed to the rearward face of said work piece member and extending normal thereto,
• (c) the centers of the sets of such work piece support plates spaced apart from one another the distance separating the centers of the secondary beam members and the two support plates of each set spaced apart a distance slightly greater than the thickness of said secondary beam members, whereby, when the couple is moved toward the work piece member rear face, the secondary beam members may engage between the members of the sets of support plates and
• (3) means cooperating between the secondary beam members and the sets of support plates for removably engaging the one with the other behind the forward edges of the couple guide plates and raising and lowering the said support plates and attached work piece member when said guide plates are raised and lowered.

A quick lift couple and attachment comprising, in combination:

• (1) a couple construction made up of:
• (a) a pair of elongate, normally vertically coupled guide plate beams,
• (b) said couple guide plate beams opposed to one another in parallel, spaced apart relationship said beams substantially rectangular in side, front and plan view,
• (c) said beams having forward and rearward edges, top and bottom ends and inboard and outboard elongate flat faces,
• (d) a lower, normally horizontal, couple stabilizer beam extending between the opposed inboard faces of said couple guide plate beams adjacent the lower ends thereof and connected thereto with its ends near to the guide plate beam front edges so that one surface of the stabilizer beam is substantially in line therewith,
• (e) each guide plate, adjacent the top end thereof, having mounted adjacent thereto a secondary beam member extending normally vertical and substantially parallel to the guide plate, the respective secondary beam members and guide plates rigidly secured to one another adjacent one vertical edge of the guide plate and one vertical edge of the secondary beam member,
• (f) an upper, normally horizontal, couple stabilizer beam extending between the couple guide plates and connected thereto with its ends,
• (2) an attachment to said couple made up of:
• (a) a work piece member having a normally vertical rearward face of such dimension as to extend between and across and be able to abut against the forward edges of said couple guide plates below the upper ends of said guide plates,
• (2) two normally vertical work piece support plates fixed to the rearward face of said work piece member and extending normal thereto, and
• (3) means cooperating between the secondary beam members and support plates for removably engaging the one with the other behind the forward edges of the couple guide plates and raising and lowering the said support plates and attached work piece member when said guide plate members are raised and lowered.

A quick lift couple and attachment comprising, in combination:

• (1) A couple construction made up of:
• (a) a pair of elongate, normally vertical couple guide plate beams,
• (b) said couple guide plate beams opposed to one another in parallel, spaced apart relationship and being substantially rectangular in side, front and plan views,
• (c) said beams having forward and rearward edges, top and bottom ends and inboard and outboard elongate flat faces,
• (d) at least one normally horizontal couple stabilizer beam extending between the opposed inboard faces of said couple guide plate beams between the upper and lower ends thereof and connected thereto with its ends so that the guide plate beams are rigidly fixed to one another and move upwardly and downwardly together,
• (e) an elongate, normally horizontal couple top support beam fixed to the front edges of said couple guide plate beams adjacent the top ends thereof with a center portion thereof and extending, with outer portions thereof, laterally past the guide plate beams,
• (f) the outer portions of the couple top support beams, in plan view, on each side of the couple guide plates, angling rearwardly of the center portion thereof with the outermost end portions thereof extending forwardly substantially parallel to said guide plates, but ending rearwardly of the forward face of the center portion of said top support beam, said outermost end portions comprising secondary beam members,
• (2) an attachment for such couple made up of:
• (a) a work piece member having a normally vertical rearward face of such width dimension as to extend between and across and be able to abut against the forward edges of the said couple guide plates below said couple top support beam in a position normal to the said guide plates,
• (b) two normally vertical work support plates fixed to the rearward face of said work piece member and extending normal thereto, and
• (c) separate means cooperating between each of the secondary beam members and one of said support plates for removably engaging the one with the other behind the forward edges of the couple guide plate beams and enabling raising and lowering the said support plates and attached work piece member when said guide plate members are raised and lowered.

A quick lift couple and attachment comprising, in combination:

• (1) A couple construction made up of:
• (a) a pair of elongate, normally vertical couple guide plate beams,
• (b) said couple guide plate beams opposed to one another in parallel, spaced apart relationship and being substantially rectangular in side, front and plan views,
• (c) said guide plate beams having forward and rearward edges, top and bottom ends and inboard and outboard elongate flat faces,
• (d) at least one normally horizontal couple stabilizer beam extending between opposed inboard faces of said couple guide plate beams between the upper and lower ends thereof and connected thereto with its ends, so the guide plate beams are rigidly fixed to one another and move upwardly and downwardly together,
• (e) each guide plate beam, adjacent the top end thereof, having mounted inboard thereof a secondary beam member positioned substantially parallel to the guide plate, the secondary beam members and guide plate beams secured to one another so as to move together, one with the other, with the forward edges of the secondary beam members in line with or rearward of the guide plate beam front edges,
• (2) an attachment for said couple made up of:
• (a) a work piece member having a normally vertical rearward face of such width dimension as to extend between and across to be able to abut against the forward edges of said couple guide plates below the top ends thereof and in a position normal to the said guide plates,
• (b) two normally vertical work piece support plates fixed to the rearward face of said work piece member and extending normal thereto, and
• (3) separate means cooperating between each of the secondary beam members and one of said support plates for removably engaging the one with the other behind the forward edges of the couple guide plate beams and enabling raising and lowering the said support plates and attached work piece member when said guide plate members are raised and lowered.

A quick lift couple and attachment comprising, in combination:

• (1) a couple construction made up of:
• (a) a pair of elongate, normally vertical couple guide plate beams,
• (b) said couple guide plate beams opposed to one another in parallel, spaced apart relationship and being substantially rectangular in side, front and plan view,
• (c) said beams having forward and rearward edges, top and bottom ends and inboard and outboard elongate flat faces,
• (d) at least one normally horizontal couple stabilizer beam extending between the opposed inboard faces of said couple guide plate beams between the upper and lower ends thereof and connected thereto with its ends so that the guide plate beams are rigidly fixed to one another and move upwardly and downwardly together,
• (e) each guide plate, adjacent the top ends thereof, having mounted adjacent thereto a secondary beam member extending normally vertical and substantially parallel to the guide plate, the respective secondary beam members and their guide plates rigidly secured to one another, with the forward edges of the secondary beam members in line with or positioned rearwardly of the guide plate beam front edges,
• (2) an attachment for said couple made up of:
• (a) a work piece member having a normally vertical rearward face of such width dimension as to extend between and across and be able to abut against the forward edges of said couple guide plates below the upper ends of said guide plates,
• (b) two normally vertical work piece support plates fixed to the rearward face of said work piece member and extending normal thereto, and
• (3) separate means cooperating between each of the secondary beam members and the upper portion of one of said support plates for removably engaging one with the other behind the forward edges of the couple guide plate beams and enabling raising and lowering the support plates and attach work piece when said guide plates are raised and lowered.

A quick lift couple and attachment therefor comprising, in combination:

• (1) A couple construction made up of:
• (a) A single elongate, normally vertical, rigidly fixed mast,
• (b) A first collar closely surrounding and vertically movable on said mast,
• (c) means fixing said collar with respect to said mast so as to prevent rotation of said collar on said mast,
• (d) a first, flat, elongate, upper, vertically oriented plate member of substantial rectangular shape having upper, lower and side edges and front and rear faces fixed to said collar on one side thereof and located next to said mast,
• (e) a second plate member substantially like the first member in general configuration rigidly connected to said first member and positioned in the same vertical plane as the first member, positioned therebelow and also next to said mast,
• (f) a secondary beam member mounted outboard of, adjacent to, largely rearward of and normal to each of the side edges of the first plate member, the forwardmost extension of said secondary beam members substantially in line with or positioned rearwardly of the first plate front face,
• (g) means rigidly securing said secondary beam members to the side edges of the upper plate member, and
• (2) an attachment for said couple made up of:
• (a) a work piece member having a normally vertical rearward face of such width dimension as to extend substantially between said secondary beam members and of such height dimension as to extend between and abut against the said first and second plate members,
• (b) two normally vertical work piece support plates fixed to the rearward face of said work piece member and extending normal thereto, and
• (3) separate means cooperating between each of the secondary beam members and the upper portion of one of said support plates for removably engaging one with the other behind the front face of the upper plate and the forwardmost extensions of the secondary beam members, thus enabling raising and lowering of the support plates and attached workpiece when said plate members are raised and lowered on said mast.

A quick lift couple and attachment therefor comprising, in combination:

• (1) A couple construction made up of:
• (a) a pair of elongate, normally vertical, rigidly fixed masts,
• (b) a first pair of collars, one such closely surrounding and vertically movable on each said mast,
• (c) a first, flat, elongate, upper, vertically oriented beam member of substantially rectangular shape having upper, lower and side edges and front and rear faces fixed to each said collar on one side thereof, such member positioned next to each said mast,
• (d) a second beam member substantially like the first member in general configuration rigidly connected to said first member, spaced away therefrom and positioned in the same vertical plane as the first member, therebelow and also next to said mast,
• (e) a secondary beam member mounted outboard of, adjacent to, largely rearwardly thereof and normal to each side edge of the first plate member, the forwardmost extension of said secondary beam members substantially in line with or positioned rearwardly of the first beam front face,
• (f) means rigidly securing said secondary beam members to the side edges of the upper beam member, and
• (2) an attachment for said couple made up of:
• (a) a work piece member having a normally vertical rearward face of such width dimension as to extend a substantial distance between said secondary beam members and of such height dimension as to extend a substantial distance between said first and second beam members,
• (b) two normally vertical work piece support plates fixed to the rearward face of said work piece member and extending normal thereto, and
• (3) separate means cooperating between each of the secondary beam members and the upper portion of one of said support plates for removably engaging one with the other behind the front face of the upper beam member and behind the forwardmost extensions of the secondary beam members, thus enabling raising and lowering of the beam members and attached work piece when said beam members are raised and lowered on said mast.

A quick lift couple and attachment therefor comprising, in combination:

• (1) a couple construction made up of:
• (a) a pair of elongate, normally vertical, rigidly fixed masts,
• (b) a first pair of collars, one such collar closely surrounding and vertically movable on each said mast,
• (c) a first, flat, elongate, upper, vertically oriented, horizontal beam member of substantially rectangular shape having upper, lower and side edges and front and rear faces fixed to each said collar on one side thereof, such member positioned next to each said mast,
• (d) a second beam member substantially like the first member in general configuration rigidly connected to said first member, spaced away therefrom parallel thereto and positioned in the same vertical plane as the first member, therebelow and also next to said mast,
• (e) a pair of secondary beam members mounted on said first beam member, spaced apart from one another, oriented parallel to one another, as well as normal to said first beam member, said secondary beam members positioned largely rearwardly of the said first beam member and having their forwardmost extensions substantially in line with or positioned rearwardly of the first beam member front face,
• (f) means rigidly securing said secondary beam members to spaced apart portions of the upper first beam member, and
• (2) an attachment to said couple made up of:
• (a) a work piece member having a normally vertical rearward face of such width dimension as to extend a substantial distance between said secondary beam members and of such height dimension as to extend a substantial distance between the first and second beam members,
• (b) two normally vertical work piece support plates fixed to the rearward face of such work piece member and extending normal thereto, and
• (3) separate means cooperating between each of the secondary beam members and the upper portion of one of said support plates for removably engaging one with the other behind the front face of the upper plate and the forwardmost extensions of the secondary beam members, thus enabling raising and lowering of the support plates and attached work piece when said plate members are raised and lowered on said mast.