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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7383923 | Elevating load platforms An elevating load platform comprising a base member and a load supporting member interconnected by a linkage means that facilitates vertical movement of the load supporting member generally parallel to the base member, and a plurality of coil springs positioned to u... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7370725 | Motorized rungless ladder A device supported by a ground surface and a structure for at least one of elevating and descending a user. The device includes a first guide rail having a first channel extending along a length thereof and a second guide rail having a second channel extending along... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7281736 | Pothole protection mechanism A pothole protection mechanism provides additional support for the vehicle in the event a wheel is driven into a hole while the platform is elevated. The mechanism includes an extendible and retractable pothole protection bar. A mechanism serves to actuate the potho... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7225898 | Lift A lift between lower and upper levels of a house includes a cabin and an essentially horizontal platform which is essentially vertically movable by actuating elements arranged thereunder. The actuating elements include at least one pair of rotatably mounted arms piv... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7194358 | Lift collision avoidance system The present invention is directed to systems, devices and methods for avoiding collisions and detecting objects proximate to a surface. In one embodiment, a system for collision avoidance includes at least one sensor adapted to sense an object above a lift device an... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7140467 | Bulk material transport vehicle access structure A bulk material transport vehicle access structure includes an elongated service platform for workers which is pivotally supported at its opposite ends to cantilever arms on parallel horizontal axes to avoid binding between the roller carriages of the cantilever arm... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7096998 | Stairway lift A combination elevator and stairway may be installed beneath a set of stairs and includes a lift mechanism which raises and lowers a platform or enclosed car and a pivoting stairway. The lift may be hydraulically or electrically actuated and may include a telescopin... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093691 | Portable scissor-lift-assembly A lift assembly includes a first platform provided with a top surface, a pair of opposed sides, and wheels and brackets connected to one of the sides for rotating the assembly. A plurality of rectilinear support shafts have opposed end portions conjoined to the plat... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7014011 | Scaffolding lift system A scaffolding lift system includes a base member and a plurality of elongated vertical support members secured to the top surface of the base member. A power-operated motor is positioned adjacent the scaffolding and on the base member. The scaffolding further includ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7004284 | Scaffold moving device A portable scaffold moving device for connecting to scaffolding and which provides rotary motion to a drive wheel, to move scaffolding in select directions. The portable scaffold moving device includes a power wheel, rotary driven through a perpendicular or right-an... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6925760 | Stackable modular arena seating Stackable modular arena seating risers include permanently attached high quality fold down seats that are the equal of normal arena seats. Stacking of the riser modules is facilitated by the use of quick lock stacking tubes fit into locator cups permanently attached... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6802391 | Aircraft non-ambulatory/ambulatory boarding and off-loading system The invention is a loading system, which is a combination adjustable height stairway and a landing platform at one end that can be elevated to the level of the aircraft loading door and a lifting portion for loading articles to and from the landing platform. Both th... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6702064 | Lifter having tiltable support rack assembly A lifter includes a beam tiltably secured on top of an elevator for supporting an object to be elevated. A base is secured on top of the elevator, and a seat secured to the beam and having one end rotatably secured to the base with a shaft. A bracket and ... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6464037 | Reconfigurable work platform for aerial work platform system, aerial work platform system using same, and method for reconfiguring a work platform A reconfigurable work platform for an aerial work platform system includes at least one outwardly tiltable portion on which an occupant of the work platform can lean so as to extend his or her lateral reach. This is useful when the work platform itself ca... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6439635 | Hydraulic seat lift for all-terrain vehicles The present invention 10 discloses a hydraulic seat lift 20 for an all-terrain vehicle 26 having the driver's seat 16 located on a top portion of a platform 20 and the superior end of the hydraulic scissor-lift mechanism 44 fastened to a side portion of t... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6390233 | Method for a lifting apparatus with floating lift cylinder attachment A method of operating a lifting apparatus for moving an arm structure is disclosed. The lifting apparatus includes a first arm structure and a second arm structure pivotally connected to the first arm structure. The apparatus further includes a moving dev... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6341665 | Retractable counterweight for straight-boom aerial work platform An aerial work platform apparatus includes a shiftable counterweight which shifts in response to movement of the boom in order to maintain optimum balance of the apparatus during movement of the boom and platform. The counterweight shifts towards and away... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6267200 | Lift apparatus with floating lift cylinder attachment A lift method and apparatus for moving an arm structure includes a first arm structure and a second arm structure pivotally connected to the first arm structure. The apparatus further includes a moving device and a displacing link for displacing the movin... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6050365 | Scissors-type work platform lift machine with electro-mechanical based lift actuation arrangement A scissors-type work platform lift machine includes a mobile chassis having rear stationary wheels and front steerable wheels, a scissors lift mechanism mounted at a lower end on the chassis, a work platform mounted on an upper end of the lift mechanism, ... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6044927 | Work platform lift machine with scissor lift mechanism employing telescopable electro-mechanical based lift actuation arrangement A scissors-type work platform lift machine includes a chassis, a work platform, a scissors lift mechanism, and a telescopable electro-mechanical actuation arrangement. The work platform is disposed above the chassis. The scissors lift mechanism has a plur... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6024191 | Lift apparatus having an articulated double parallelogram boom assembly A lift apparatus includes a superstructure frame support, a riser, and an articulated parallelogram boom assembly operatively connected between the superstructure frame support and the riser. The articulated parallelogram boom assembly includes a floating... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5913379 | Articulated aerial work platform system An articulated aerial platform system having a lift assembly including an upper parallelogram riser and a lower parallelogram riser. The upper and lower risers are raised and lowered by a single riser cylinder mounted between a base of the system and the ... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5890559 | Personnel lift with automatic set-up transport wheel A personnel lift (20) including a three-wheeled transport in which a rear or transport wheel (30) is connected to a lever arm or handle (32) that is designed to raise and lower the transport wheel (30). Pulling the handle (32) downward drops the transport... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5875869 | Personnel lift with automatic set-up transport wheel A personnel lift (20) including a three-wheeled transport in which a rear or transport wheel (30) is connected to a lever arm or handle (32) that is designed to raise and lower the transport wheel (30). Pulling the handle (32) downward drops the transport... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5868218 | Mobile lift assembly A lift assembly includes a work platform pivotally mounted on the end of a boom for rotation through 270° around a vertical post on the outer end of the boom. Rotation of the platform is effected manually by an operator on the platform, who also controls... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5862884 | Lightweight vertical lift device for windy conditions The present invention is an improved wheeled, light-weight lift which meets standards for airline ground support vertical lift devices, specifically being capable of use on airport tarmacs in winds up to 90 mph. On and off-loading ramps are provided which... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5427197 | Pruning system A pruning vehicle having characteristics specifically utilizable in an orchard having rows of trees opposite each other. The vehicle is equipped with two platforms side by side which can be adjustably located vertically and horizontally in a plane perpend... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5310018 | Scaffold An improved scaffold of the lift type having a base and a working platform on top of the base. Vertical support posts are provided at the corners of the base passing through guide means at the corners of the platform. Cooperating drive means on the platfo... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5273132 | Compact aerial lift vehicle with a vertically movable platform An aerial lift vehicle, having a compact configuration and separable into several parts for storage, comprising a body having wheels, a detachable vertical post, and a platform attached to the upper portion of the vertical post, and vertically movable cor... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5271482 | Electric light weight portable scaffolding A light weight, easily assembled, readily portable by a single individual, adjustable to most any terrain electric scaffold having a base with a plurality of outrigger members with adjustable feet to accommodate differential terrain wherein the base is af... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5102179 | Hunter's blind A hunter's blind having hinged walls which may be fastened together when in a vertical position and compactly stored when in a horizontal position, a connecting roof, ball rollers cooperating with openings in leg sections to raise and lower the hunter's b... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5096018 | Method and apparatus for securing a manbasket to a forklift A method and apparatus are disclosed for securing a manbasket to the tines of a lifting fork of a forklift. A preferred embodiment comprises a tine clamp mounted to a tine socket on the manbasket. The clamp automatically applies a self-adjusting gripping ... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5067587 | Service platform for mobile scaffolding unit The mobile scaffolding unit has a tower, a work platform and a service platform. The work platform can be resupplied by the service platform so as to maintain the work platform at a working elevation. The work and service platforms are located on the vert... | 11/26/1991 |
| 4967733 | Lifting carriage A lifting carriage having a rectangular frame provided with four corner posts for guiding an elevating platform mounted between these posts. Each post has a toothed rack on which a toothed gear mounted on the platform is engaged for raising the platform. ... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4640384 | Emergency evacuation system for high-rise buildings An emergency evacuation system for a high-rise building includes a cable carried on a spool positioned on the top of the building, such cable having at its end remote from the spool a weighted coupler dimensioned to be received by a powered spool carried ... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4499971 | Material handling vehicle having improved chain monitoring An improved system for monitoring lift chains included within mast assemblies in material handling vehicles disables downward movement of the forks upon detection of a first level of slackness in a lift chain. Since upward movement of the forks is not dis... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4498556 | Vertically movable, road towable work platform A road towable platform having a sectional mast for rapid erection at the face of a structure for the performance of work thereon. The platform is vertically driven on the mast by means of dual independent drives each comprising a motor, a centrifugal ove... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4458785 | Lift A multistage portable lift has an arm projecting rearwardly from one of the movable lift stages and a reeving system including a cable transferring a downward counterbalancing force to the arm from a load at the front of the lift. In the preferred embodim... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4397373 | Mobile pedestal scaffold A pedestal scaffold having a base member with an upwardly extending mast and a work cage mounted thereon for vertical movement. Retractable outriggers with ground-engageable pads are extendable outwardly on the cage side of the scaffold and lockable into ... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4293054 | Scaffolding for supporting lifting working bridges and platforms Scaffolding including at least: two posts (1), a lifting working bridge (2) and a lifting platform (3), said scaffolding being made of modular elements, connectable to each other in disassemblable manner, each post (1), which is triangular in cross sectio... | 10/06/1981 |
