US 11,718,508 B2
Load orienting device and method of operating same
Gustavo Anzola, Cumming, GA (US); Gary Hatton, Dickson, TN (US); and Luis Sanchez, Cumming, GA (US)
Assigned to GREENFIELD PRODUCTS, LLC, Hazel Crest, IL (US)
Filed by Greenfield Products, LLC, Hazel Crest, IL (US)
Filed on Jun. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/850,639.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/215,670, filed on Jun. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0411235 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B66C 13/08 (2006.01)
CPC B66C 13/08 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A load orienting device, comprising:
a frame;
first and second posts disposed on the frame;
first and second propellers disposed on the first and second posts, respectively, wherein the first and second posts are movable to adjust a distance between the first and second propellers; and
a controller that:
receives a command to rotate the load orienting device in a first direction, and
in response determines a direction in which the load orienting device is rotating, increases a rotation speed of the first and second propellers if the load orienting device is rotating in the first direction, and decreases the rotation speed of the first and second propellers otherwise.