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US 8,523,146 B2Granted
Device, system, and method for lifting a motor vehicle
AssigneeStertil Koni USA
InventorsKurt E. Polins, Glenn D. Felpel, Allan Pavlick
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Abstract
A preferred embodiment of a system includes a lifting device for lifting a motor vehicle, a support structure for mounting the lifting device in a pit, and a carriage for supporting the lifting device from the support structure and being movable within the support structure. The system also includes a cover coupled to opposite sides of the carriage so that the cover extends away from the carriage and continuously between the opposite sides of the carriage.
Claims26
A method for lifting a motor vehicle, comprising:
- positioning the motor vehicle so that a first axle of the motor vehicle is located directly above a first scissors lift located in an opening in the ground, and a second axle of the motor vehicle is located over a pit having a second scissors lift located therein, the first and second scissor lifts defining a forward-rearward direction, each of the first scissor lift and the second scissor lift being configured for up and down movement, the first scissor lift being fixed in the forward-rearward direction;
- positioning the second scissors lift by moving the second scissor lift along the forward-rearward direction in the pit so that the second scissors lift is located directly beneath the second axle, and whereby a cover moves in the forward-rearward direction upon forward-rearward movement of the second scissor lift such that the cover lies over the pit at all positions of the second scissor lift along the forward-rearward direction;
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- extending the first and second scissors lifts so that the first and second scissors lifts urge the respective first and second axles upward.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.