US 12,304,781 B2
Lifting and transport device
Caroline Fox, Richfield, WI (US); John S. Scott, Brookfield, WI (US); Matthew Post, Milwaukee, WI (US); Jonathan L. Lambert, Milwaukee, WI (US); Isabel M. Lloyd, West Allis, WI (US); Julia L. Savich, Shorewood, WI (US); Matthew N. Thurin, Richfield, WI (US); Kyle Reeder, Waukesha, WI (US); and Logan M. Hietpas, Glendale, WI (US)
Assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
Appl. No. 17/636,465
Filed by MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/050432
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 18, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/050894, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/039,689, filed on Jun. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/007,658, filed on Apr. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/899,721, filed on Sep. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/899,720, filed on Sep. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0297990 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. B66F 9/18 (2006.01); B62B 3/06 (2006.01); B66D 1/12 (2006.01); B66D 1/46 (2006.01)
CPC B66D 1/12 (2013.01) [B62B 3/0612 (2013.01); B66D 1/46 (2013.01); B62B 2203/10 (2013.01); B62B 2203/72 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device configured to lift and transport a pipe at a worksite, the device comprising:
a base;
a mast coupled to the base;
a carriage coupled to the mast upon which the pipe is supportable, the carriage including an arm defining a recess in which the pipe is receivable;
a lifting assembly configured to move the mast and the carriage in a first direction to a desired elevation relative to the base; and
a positioning assembly configured to move the carriage relative to the mast in a second direction that is transverse to the first direction, the positioning assembly including an actuator configured to adjust the arm between a first position, in which the recess is oriented downward, and a second position, in which the recess is oriented upward.