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US 9,751,550 B2Granted
No-lift install system
OwnerAaron Crowley, Roger Crowleyinventors
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Abstract
A rolling cart has a wheeled frame, telescoping vertically extendable members with glide strips, and a tiltable frame having glide strips interspersed with transfer balls to easily slide slabs or sheet materials for construction such as when installing countertops. A method is also described for measuring a minuend desired install height, subtracting a geometrically predetermined subtrahend, and adjusting the height from a floor surface to a pivot axis on the cart to equal the difference, said adjustment being effected by powered lifting means incorporated or ancillary to the cart.
Claims14
A slab moving device comprising:
- a rolling cart;
- a generally planar frame, tiltably mounted on said cart;
- said frame tiltable between a horizontal and a vertical position;
- at least one vertically extendable strut affixed to said rolling cart with said tiltable frame rotatably coupled to said vertically extendable strut so as to define a vertically adjustable pivot axis of said frame;
- and
- at least one transit chock spaced apart from at least one of said vertically extendable strut to form a gap of a predetermined width, into which can be received said tiltable frame.
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