Patent · US Expired

Manually operated load shifter

US5171052A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 18, 1991
Grant dateDec 15, 1992
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 18, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65G7/12
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A pole for effecting the manual movement of a load of vertically stacked units, such as bottle cases, comprises two telescopically related body members having a grasping element at one exposed end for engaging the lower portion of the stacked load and a transverse handle, mounted on the other exposed end of the telescoped body members and rotatable about the axis of the telescoped body members.

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