US 12,012,765 B2
Adjustable door lifter
Gabriel Pulido, Jr., Pasadena, CA (US)
Appl. No. 16/961,226
Filed by Gabriel Pulido, Jr., Pasadena, CA (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 7, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/021222
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 9, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/173634, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/639,892, filed on Mar. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0062521 A1, Mar. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. E04F 21/00 (2006.01); B66F 11/00 (2006.01); B66F 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC E04F 21/0023 (2013.01) [B66F 11/00 (2013.01); B66F 15/00 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A door lifting device comprising:
a base plate;
a fulcrum extending perpendicularly from said base plate;
a balance beam having a first end and a second end, said balance beam is pivotally connected to said fulcrum via a pivot point;
a foot plate, said foot plate attached to said first end of said balance beam;
a door carriage capable of lifting a door, said door carriage attached to said second end of said balance beam;
a pivoting mechanism capable of adjusting a height of said door carriage;
said pivoting mechanism having at least one affixing pin, a plurality of balance beam pin apertures, and a plurality of fulcrum pin apertures;
said at least one affixing pin capable of passing through any one of said plurality of balance beam pin apertures while also passing through any one of said plurality of fulcrum pin apertures to simultaneously adjust said balance beam both vertically and horizontally relative to said base plate, wherein said affixing pin serves as said pivot point for said balance beam;
whereby said balance beam can be pivoted from a first height to a second height, thereby lifting a door resting in said door carriage.