Power-driven adjustable equipment rack carrier
CA 2071812 A1 · Owner: Detrick, John E. · Inventors: Detrick, John E.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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An apparatus and method for manipulating and transporting equipment is engageable with a rack in either its upright position or its horizontal position and is controllably positionable to rotate the rack to a horizontal position for transport and vertical position for installation. The apparatus comprises a horizontal mainframe (11) which is supported on casters (60) and powered by a steerable pallet truck (18) so as to be rollable and maneuverable. The mainframe (11) supports a battery-powered drive unit coupled to a first piston manipulator (25), one end of which is pivotally attached to the mainframe (11) and the other end of which is pivotally attached to a rotatable rack-support mast …
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Filed October 15, 1991. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 15, 2011.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by October 15, 2013.
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