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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8246008 | Lifting system System for lifting and lowering a load, such as a vehicle, with at least one lifting mechanism such as a lifting column, a boom lift, a scissor lift and a loading platform. The lifting mechanism includes a carrier which can be moved up and downward for bearing the l... | 08/21/2012 |
| 7232962 | Mobile hospital bed scale A mobile hospital patient bed scale is contemplated which lifts the entire bed with patient in situ on a load platform with an aperture to accommodate the undercarriage of many hospital beds such as a motor. The scale minimizes both vertical and horizontal displacem... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7107632 | Toilet ramp A toilet ramp serving as a movable device for supporting and transporting a toilet bowl once it is lifted off from a floor comprises a body of a rectangular shape having a opening at each of the two opposite sides for inspecting and removing a wax seal underneath th... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7073631 | Lifting device with synchronization mechanism A lifting device for a transfer system, in particular for a transfer system with a pneumatic drive, raises and/or lowers transported goods. The lifting device has at least two lifting pistons (3), whose movements are synchronized by means of a synchronization... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7066704 | Component feeder exchange cart, and mechanism and method for positioning component feeder A cart comprises a base frame, driver for extending an operational stroke of a hydraulic jack and transferring this movement into an up and down motion, a pair of elevating rods simultaneously lifted of lowered by movement of the driver, a pair of supporting frames ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6680442 | Mobile hospital bed scale A mobile hospital patient bed scale is contemplated which lifts the entire bed with patient in situ on a load platform with a non-slip surface. The scale minimizes both vertical and horizontal displacement. The platform has load cells which deliver data t... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6581909 | Simplified hydraulic circuit for a quick-rise hydraulic lifting jack A hydraulic fluid circuit for a quick rise type lifting jack positions multiple valves that control two stages of the lifting operation of the jack in the same valve housing machined into a base of the jack and thereby reduces the costs involved in manufa... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6540241 | Handcart A handcart is composed of a body, a lifter and a coupler. The body has two parallel rails connected together by a crosspiece integrated at rear ends of the support boards, two front wheels respectively provided beneath front ends of the rails, and two elo... | 04/01/2003 |
| 5990423 | Mobile hospital bed scale A mobile bed scale is contemplated which lifts the entire bed with patient in situ on a load platform with a non-slip surface. The scale minimizes both vertical and horizontal displacement. The platform has load cells which deliver data to a memory and di... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5848668 | Portable lifting system for easy movement of moderately heavy items A method, device and system are provided that is a portable lifting system for easy movement of moderately heavy items, including a base member, a vertical support member connected to the base member and a load member slideably connected along the vertica... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5690315 | Compact lifter assembly A compact lifter assembly having a base plate and a first intermediate plate rigidly connected by a first pair of shafts. A second intermediate plate is slidably attached on the first pair of shafts to be disposed between the base plate and the first inte... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5375963 | Multipurpose lifting apparatus A lifting apparatus includes a mast that is mounted orthogonally (perpendicularly) to the plane of a base supported by wheels. A beam and tension member are connected pivotally to the mast and further to a carriage assembly support in such a manner that t... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5354080 | Industrial truck for double-faced pallets A low lift pallet truck so configured, in its lowered and unladen mode, that entry into and exit from double-faced pallets is made without contact of its fork wheels and the pallet's bottom boards. In this mode, support wheel assemblies fixedly mounted on... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5284321 | Hydraulic jack with single control for actuating hydraulic valve means A hydraulic jack movably supported by a plural casters has a vertically extending hydraulic cylinder with telescoping piston rods, has a load supporting frame at an upper end of the innermost piston rod, and has a reservoir partially filled with hydraulic... | 02/08/1994 |
| 4998594 | Vehicle control training device A driver training apparatus for simulating skid conditions of a vehicle which includes a lifting frame supported by four caster wheels which underlies and is connected with the vehicle suspension system and is propelled by the vehicle. Under normal drivin... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4731151 | Apparatus for mounting ready-made headliners into automotive bodies An apparatus for automatically mounting ready-made headliners into automotive bodies, comprising a jig selectively connectible to an assembly line conveyor to move synchronously therewith while performing the headliner mounting operation by moving a platf... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4682926 | Ceiling panel placing machine A machine is described for accurately elevating and aligning large ceiling panels for placement in an overhead ceiling. The machine includes a frame supported by wheels which permit horizontal transport of the machine between panel receiving and panel pla... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4470578 | Load transfer device The invention concerns a load transfer device with a platform which is insertable below and movable with a load and equipped with a number of at least in one row below the platform arranged lifting means for elevating and lowering of the platform. For ena... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4378191 | Cargo handling loader for pallets A cargo handling loader for pallets which is portable and capable of easily transporting a pallet carrying a cargo by a manual force. The loader comprises a loader body including a manipulation frame and a cargo receiving frame extended substantially hori... | 03/29/1983 |
| 4287965 | Hoist pad A hoist pad mounted on a lift arm of a hoist to support a vehicle on the lift arm. The pad has a frame that fits over the top and sides of a part of the lift arm. A base is pivoted to the frame. The base supports a lift assembly in a plurality of position... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4203505 | Car hoist The lifting device comprises an upright mast section, a lifting motor, a lifting arm having one end slidably mounted in the mast section and extending outwardly therefrom, the lifting arm being pivotally connected to the motor, and a lifting fork pivotall... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4082195 | Handling system for heavy loads A material handling system incorporating an air operated scissors lift mounted on an air bearing pallet to move heavy or cumbersome loads. On top of the upper platform is a second air bearing pallet channelled so it can move in a guided path for use with ... | 04/04/1978 |
| 3982767 | Hand-operated pallet truck A hand-operated pallet truck having a single steerable ground wheel the axis of which intersects a vertical axis about which a combined wheel and jack assembly of the truck is rotatable.... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3958701 | Load-shifting cargo transfer apparatus The present invention relates to a cargo transfer apparatus of load-shifting type. The load-shifting type cargo transfer apparatus according to the present invention consists of a stationary unit and a mobile unit. The stationary unit comprises a series o... | 05/25/1976 |