US 12,129,159 B2
Systems and methods for modular carriage width adjustment
Andrew Sukalski, Fairmont, MN (US); Thomas H. Johnson, Winnebago, MN (US); Kevin Detert, Fairmont, MN (US); and Cory Hainy, Fairmon, MN (US)
Assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc.
Filed by Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/093,065.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/303,603, filed on Jan. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0234820 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. B66F 9/14 (2006.01)
CPC B66F 9/14 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modular carriage system comprising:
one or more modular pieces comprising at least one extension member; and
a base carriage plate configured to removably receive the one or more modular pieces at an end of the base carriage plate, the base carriage plate comprising one or more machined areas, wherein:
a first modular piece of the one or more modular pieces expands the base carriage plate in a first dimension;
a first extension member of the at least one extension members of the first modular piece extends from the first modular piece in the first dimension, the first extension member is sized and shaped to mate with a first machined area of the one or more machined areas; and
mounting hardware secures the one or more modular pieces to the base carriage plate by extending through the first machined area of the base carriage plate, and secures the first extension member of the first modular piece to the base carriage plate in a second dimension different from the first dimension.