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US 9,682,848 B2Granted
System and method for a self-contained lifting device
AssigneeCore Laboratories LP
InventorsTed J. Griffin, Jr., Jason M. Ashby, Jeremy M. Bland, Derek R. Beckett
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Abstract
A modular lifting system, including an enclosable lifting device support structure. The enclosable lifting device support structure includes a deployable top, a plurality of lateral sides, a base coupled to the plurality of lateral sides, and a plurality of extension arms. The deployable top is configured to support a lifting device on a first side of the deployable top. The plurality of extension arms are configured to extend and support the deployable top when the deployable top is deployed.
Claims24
A modular lifting system, comprising:
- an enclosable lifting device support structure;
- comprising:
- a deployable top configured to support a lifting device on a first side of the deployable top;
- a plurality of lateral sides;
- a base coupled to the plurality of lateral sides;
- and
- a plurality of extension arms configured to extend and support the deployable top when the deployable top is deployed, wherein each extension arm of the plurality of extension arms is configured to laterally pivot to move the deployable top in a lateral direction, wherein at least one extension arm of the plurality of extension arms is configured to laterally pivot to horizontally extend at least partially past a first lateral side of the plurality of lateral sides to position the lifting device over an area outside the enclosable lifting device support structure.
4 more elements
A self-contained lifting system, comprising:
- a lifting device support structure, comprising:
- a base;
- a plurality of lateral sides extending from the base;
- a deployable top disposed above the plurality of lateral sides;
- a window forming a window opening in at least one lateral side of the plurality of lateral sides;
- and
- a plurality of extension arms configured to raise and lower the deployable top, wherein the base, the plurality of lateral sides, and the deployable top define a self-contained volume, wherein each extension arm of the plurality of extension arms is configured to laterally pivot to move in a common lateral direction;
- and
- a lifting device disposed within the self-contained volume and supported by the deployable top, wherein the lifting device is configured to move through the window to an environment surrounding the plurality of lateral sides when the plurality of extension arms is moved in the common lateral direction, wherein a top edge of the lateral wall stops at the window opening to enable the lifting device to move through the window.
6 more elements
A system, comprising:
- a contained lifting device support structure;
- comprising:
- a deployable top;
- a plurality of extension arms configured to extend and support the deployable top when the deployable top is deployed;
- a plurality of lateral sides;
- and
- a base coupled to the plurality of lateral sides;
- and
- a lifting device disposed within an interior volume of the contained lifting device support structure, wherein the lifting device is configured to enable overhead lifting of objects adjacent to the system, wherein each extension arm of the plurality of extension arms is configured to laterally pivot to move the deployable top in a lateral direction wherein at least one extension arm of the plurality of extension arms is configured to laterally pivot to horizontally extend at least partially beyond a first lateral side of the plurality of lateral sides to position the lifting device over an area outside the enclosable lifting device support structure.
6 more elements
A mineral extraction system, comprising:
- a lifting device support structure comprising a base, a deployable top, and a plurality of extension arms, wherein each extension arm of the plurality of extension arms is configured to laterally pivot to move the deployable top in a lateral direction, wherein a connection point between at least one extension arm of the plurality of extension arms and the deployable top is configured to horizontally extend beyond a lateral side of the lifting device support structure;
- a pedestal coupled to the base;
- a lifting device coupled to and supported by the pedestal, wherein the lifting device is configured to enable overhead lifting of subsurface mineral core samples adjacent to the system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.