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US 4,722,511 AGranted
Toilet lift truck
OwnerRalph Chitwoodinventor
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Abstract
A lifting and transporting device for toilets includes a wheeled frame to which a pair of moveable lifting bars are attached. Moveable support collars and adjustable lifting rods are attached to the lifting bars, and the collars and rods are selectively positionable about a toilet to perform a holding and supporting function. The lifting bars are selectively vertically moveable by a hand actuated threaded rod. After a toilet has been lifted from the floor, it can be transported by the invention to a desired location and then lowered into position by a reverse operation of the threaded lifter.
Claims4
A new and improved toilet lift truck assembly comprising:
- a support frame means;
- wheel means operably attached to said support frame means for guidably moving said support frame means;
- lifting bar means having paralleledly aligned bars operably positionable on opposed sides and below the bowl of a toilet;
- a rotatable threaded member secured in said support frame for slidably raising and lowering said lifting bar means with respect to the support frame;
- a first frictionally retained, slidably movable, rotatable collar on each said bar having a multiplicity of curved conforming shapes for abutting engagement with a curvilinear surface of a toilet;
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- a second slidably movable, rotatable collar on each said bar, including a lifting rod adjustable secured to said second collar, for support of the rear portion of the toilet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.