Lifting system and method for lifting bulk sized, high weight objects

A hydraulically actuated lifting system for completely raising a bulk sized, extremely high weight object from one position in close proximity to the ground to another, elevated position, said object having at least one lifting point in close proximity to the ground, and from between about four to about eleven inches vertically relative to said ground comprising:

• (1) at least one base;
• (2) at least one housing including a slot on side walls;
• (3) a cylindrical member disposed on each said at least one base;
• (4) a normally retracted, selectively hydraulically telescopically extendable piston member within each said cylindrical member, said piston member having a distal end and a dorsal end;
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• (5) lifting plate means having an upper face, said upper face having a vertical height relative to said ground of from between about four inches and about eleven inches, and said lifting plate means being responsive to telescopically extending movements of said respective piston member, said lifting plate means having a carriage with an arm which extends through said slot inside of said at least one housing, and said lifting plate means being horizontally off-set from the respective piston member, whereby, when said lifting system is positioned for completely lifting said high weight object, said respective upper face may be positioned in close proximity to the ground and under said high weight object at a lifting point, without positioning any of said respective piston members under said high weight object.

A hydraulically actuated lifting system for completely raising a bulk sized, extremely high weight object from one position in close proximity to the ground to another, elevated position for subsequent transport of said object, said object having a plurality of lifting points in close proximity to the ground and from between about four to about eleven inches vertically relative to said ground, comprising:

• (1) a plurality of bases;
• (2) an elongated housing positioned on each said base, said housing including a slot on side walls;
• (3) a cylindrical member disposed in each said housing;
• (4) a normally retracted, selectively hydraulically telescopically extendable piston member within each of said cylindrical members, said piston member having a distal end and a dorsal end;
• (5) a carriage assembly engaged to each said piston member at said outer end;
• (6) an armature assembly vertically positioned on each said carriage assembly, and having distal and dorsal ends;
• (7) lifting plate means having an upper face, said upper face having a vertical height relative to said ground of from between about four inches and about eleven inches, and said lifting plate means being secured to each armature assembly at the distal end thereof, said lifting plate means having said armature assembly extending through said slot inside of said housing, and horizontally off-set from the respective piston member, whereby, when said lifting system is positioned for completely lifting said high weight object, each of said upper faces may be positioned in close proximity to the ground and under said high weight object at said lifting points, without positioning any of said piston members under said high weight object.