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US 7,500,573 B1Granted
Saddle rack and harness rack lift
OwnerJames T. Flynninventor
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Abstract
Heavy saddles can be loaded at waist height onto a vertical array of saddle racks. The vertical array is mounted on a central post containing a powered gear which lifts in sequence first the uppermost saddle rack and then each one below. A trailer model provides a swing out chassis for the central post with a load position and a storage position. A non-pivoting embodiment is shown. A retail store tree style lift rack is also shown as is a harness rack version.
Claims12
A saddle rack system comprising:
- a first vertical support strut having an anchor means functioning to provide a base anchor for mounting on a floor;
- wherein the strut can rotate in the base anchor;
- a horizontal brace means attached to the first vertical support strut functioning to support a second vertical support strut having a drive means functioning to raise and lower at least one rack collar which supports a saddle rack;
- and
- wherein a user can rotate the first vertical support strut to a desired load position away from the base anchor then rotate the second vertical support strut to a desired load position, further away from the base anchor then load a saddle onto the saddle rack, then raise the saddle using the drive means, then return the first and second vertical support struts to a storage position.
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