Mobile appliance lift tool

US6929250B2 · kind B2 · utility

Inventors

• Richard R. Blake · Sawyer, US
• Jeffrey T. Russell · Stevensville, US
• Charles L. Jones · Stevensville, US
• Paul J. Gray · Zionsville, US
• Jeffrey W. Fjelstul · Coloma, US
• Steven P. Hinrichs · Stevensville, US
• Richard T. Lundy · Niles, US
• Henry Wu · Three Rivers, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 12, 2004
• Grant date: Aug 16, 2005
• Expiry date: Apr 11, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62B2203/10
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A mobile appliance lift tool is provided which includes a cart having a frame and a pair of legs. Each leg has a sleeve pivotally attaching the leg to an end of the frame. Each sleeve is adapted to travel up and down the leg to selectively move the frame between a substantially horizontal configuration and a substantially inclined configuration. The tool includes a strut, a support platform having a horizontal orientation, a bottom frame, and a lift mechanism engaged between the support platform and the bottom frame to move the support platform toward and away from the bottom frame, while maintaining the support platform's horizontal orientation. The strut is mounted to the bottom frame and pivotally attached to the end of the cart's frame so that the strut is disposed in a horizontal orientation when the frame is moved to either the horizontal or the inclined configuration.