US 12,077,395 B2
Cart with tilt mechanism
David Shlomo Gabrieli, Ramat Yishai (IL); and Shay Shlomo Gabrieli, Ramat Yishai (IL)
Assigned to Aquabot Ltd., Afula (IL)
Appl. No. 17/799,672
Filed by Aquabot Ltd., Afula (IL)
PCT Filed Dec. 29, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IL2020/051347
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 13, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/165949, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/978,323, filed on Feb. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/982,155, filed on Feb. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0080709 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B65G 47/96 (2006.01); B65G 17/34 (2006.01); B65G 35/06 (2006.01); B65G 47/52 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 47/962 (2013.01) [B65G 35/06 (2013.01); B65G 47/52 (2013.01); B65G 17/345 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A carrier comprising:
a chassis that is configured to travel;
a tiltable platform that is mounted on the chassis;
a resilient piston that is connected between the chassis and the tiltable platform, the piston configured to store energy when the platform is rotated from an unloading orientation to a loading orientation, the platform, when in the loading orientation, configured to stably support one or more items that are loaded onto the platform at a loading point;
a restraining mechanism that is configured to maintain the platform in the loading orientation; and
a triggering mechanism that is operable to release the restraining mechanism, releasing the stored energy of the piston to exert a restoring force to tilt the platform from the loading orientation to the unloading orientation at an unloading point.