# US 9,751,550 B2 · No-lift install system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,751,550 B2 - Document ID: US9751550B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/212,223 - Filed: 2016-07-16 - Published: 2017-02-02 - Granted: 2017-09-05 - Earliest claimed: 2015-07-28 - Applicants: Aaron Crowley; Roger Crowley - Inventors: Aaron Crowley; Roger Crowley - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9751550B2 ## CPC - B62B 3/0612: {power operated} - B62B 3/02: involving parts being adjustable, collapsible, attachable, detachable or convertible - B62B 3/04: involving means for grappling or securing in place objects to be carried; Loading or unloading equipment - B62B 3/08: involving tiltably-mounted containers - B62B 3/10: characterised by supports specially adapted to objects of definite shape - B62B 3/108: {the objects being plates, doors, panels, or the like} - B65G 7/08: for tilting the loads - F16B 7/10: Telescoping systems ({for vertically adjustable chairs A47C3/20; telescopic steering columns B62D1/18}; for scaffolding E04G25/04; {telescopic masts, poles or the like E04H12/182; telescopic door or window holders E05C17/30}; telescope props for mining E21D15/14 - E21D15/46; stands or trestles as supports for apparatus or articles placed thereon {F16M11/26}) - B62B 2202/62: Tiles, bricks, paving slabs or the like - B62B 2203/10: comprising lifting means - B62B 2206/00: Adjustable or convertible hand-propelled vehicles or sledges - B62B 2206/003: with actuation mechanisms which drive the adjustment or conversion operation - B62B 2206/06: adjustable in height - B62B: HAND-PROPELLED VEHICLES, e.g. HAND CARTS OR PERAMBULATORS; SLEDGES (characterised by animal propulsion B62C; propulsion of sledges by driver or engine B62M) - B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D) - F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The slab moving device of claim 1, further comprising: an operable strut extending mechanism. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The slab moving device of claim 2, wherein said operable strut extending mechanism further comprises an extendable member which is also a damping member. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The slab moving device of claim 1, wherein said strut extending mechanism is operated by a battery-powered motor. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The slab moving device of claim 4, wherein said strut extending mechanism and said battery-powered motor are operated by remote control. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The slab moving device of claim 4, wherein said strut extending mechanism and said battery powered motor are controlled by at least one switch. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The slab moving device of claim 6, wherein at least one of said at least one switch is affixed to said tiltable frame. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The slab moving device of claim 1, wherein said strut extending mechanism comprises a threaded shaft. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The slab moving device of claim 8, wherein an end of said threaded shaft comprises a hexagonal cross-section. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The slab moving device of claim 1, wherein said tiltable frame is fabricated from tubing in which at least one tube end is capped off by a bumper. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The slab moving device of claim 1, further comprising: adhesive-backed high-friction material affixed to at least one transit chock. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The slab moving device of claim 1, further comprising: adhesive-backed high-friction material affixed to said rolling cart. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The slab moving device of claim 1, further comprising: a plurality of support blocks made of a compliant material affixed to said rolling cart. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The slab moving device of claim 1, further comprising: at least one extendable member connected between said tiltable frame and said at least one vertically extendable member, wherein said at least one extendable member further comprises a mechanical damper.