US4236861A — Scissors lift with pipe handler

Claim 1

Independent Claim 121 words

In combination, a vehicle including a chassis, ground engaging means including drive means for supporting and moving the chassis, a workman's platform having a floor and means for supporting said workman's platform from said chassis at selected heights relative to said chassis, first article engaging and lifting means on said vehicle for engaging an article substantially at ground level, for lifting said article to an elevated position at least as high as the platform, and for depositing said article on the platform, means on said platform for storing a plurality of articles deposited thereon, and second article engaging and lifting means on said platform for engaging an article thereon and for lifting said article to an elevation above said storing means.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 121 words

In combination, a vehicle including a chassis, ground engaging means including drive means for supporting and moving the chassis, a workman's platform having a floor and means for supporting said workman's platform from said chassis at selected heights relative to said chassis, first article engaging and lifting means on said vehicle for engaging an article substantially at ground level, for lifting said article to an elevated position at least as high as the platform, and for depositing said article on the platform, means on said platform for storing a plurality of articles deposited thereon, and second article engaging and lifting means on said platform for engaging an article thereon and for lifting said article to an elevation above said storing means.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 16 words

The combination of claim 1, wherein said means for supporting said workman's platform comprises scissors linkage.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 22 words

The combination of claim 1, wherein said first mentioned article engaging and lifting means comprises lever means pivotally connected to said chassis.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 50 words

The combination of claim 3, said first mentioned article engaging means being supported by said lever means remote from said chassis, said first mentioned article engaging means being at substantially the same level as said storing means in the elevated position of said first mentioned article engaging and lifting means.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 16 words

The combination of claim 4, said storing means comprising rails at the periphery of said platform.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 12 words

The combination of claim 5, and detent means extending above said rails.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 22 words

The combination of claim 1, said storing means comprising means for supporting articles at a level above the floor of said platform.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 16 words

The combination of claim 7, said storing means comprising rails at the periphery of said platform.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 67 words

The combination of claim 1, said storing means being above the level of the floor of the platform, the first mentioned article engaging and lifting means comprising lever means pivotally connected to said chassis and having article engaging means remote from said chassis and located at substantially the same level as said storing means in the elevated position of said first mentioned article engaging and lifting means.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 13 words

The combination of claim 1, said last mentioned means comprising a fluid cylinder.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 36 words

The combination of claim 10, said fluid cylinder comprising means for moving said article engaging means from a first position at or below an article deposited on said article storing means to a second position thereabove.

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 33 words

The combination of claim 1, said last mentioned means comprising a fluid cylinder, a substantially horizontal arm carried by said fluid cylinder for movement vertically, said article engaging means carried by said arm.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 25 words

The combination of claim 12, said article engaging means comprising an upwardly facing saddle at each end of the arm for supporting a cylindrical object.

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 15 words

The combination of claim 13, and vertically adjustable means supporting said saddles on said arm.

Claim 16

Dependent Claim 15 words

The combination of claim 13, and a jack supporting each said saddle on said arm.

Claim 17

Dependent Claim 17 words

The combination of claim 1, said last mentioned means being adjacent the center of the workman's platform.

Claim 18

Dependent Claim 35 words

The combination of claim 16, said last mentioned means comprising a fluid cylinder and a horizontal arm carried thereby, and means for journalling said arm for rotation in a horizontal plane through at least 90°.

Claim 19

Dependent Claim 17 words

The combination of claim 1, said last mentioned means being adjacent an end of the workman's platform.

Claim 20

Dependent Claim 29 words

The combination of claim 18, said workman's platform being rectangular in platform, and said platform including extensions at the sides thereof, located at the said end of the platform.

Claim 21

Dependent Claim 104 words

A vehicle comprising a mobile chassis, a workman's platform, means supporting said workman's platform on said chassis for movement between a lower position adjacent the chassis and an upper position at a level above the chassis, first article engaging and lifting means on said chassis for engaging an article adjacent said vehicle at ground level and for depositing the article on the platform, in the lower position thereof, means on the platform for storing a plurality of articles, and, second engaging and lifting means on the platform for engaging an article thereon and for lifting the article to an elevation above said storing means.

Claim 22

Dependent Claim 104 words

A vehicle comprising a mobile chassis, a workman's platform, means supporting said workman's platform on said chassis for movement between a lower position adjacent the chassis and an upper position at a level above the chassis, first article engaging and lifting means on said chassis for engaging an article adjacent said vehicle at ground level and for depositing the article on the platform, in the lower position thereof, means on the platform for storing a plurality of articles, and, second engaging and lifting means on the platform for engaging an article thereon and for lifting the article to an elevation above said storing means.

Claim 23

Dependent Claim 14 words

The vehicle of claim 20, said means for supporting said platform comprising scissors linkage.

Claim 24

Dependent Claim 45 words

The vehicle of claim 20, said first mentioned article engaging and lifting means comprising lever means pivotally connected to said chassis at one end and having the other end substantially at the level of said storing means in the elevated position of said lever means.

Claim 25

Dependent Claim 17 words

The vehicle of claim 20, said platform having a floor, said storing means being above said floor.

Claim 26

Dependent Claim 44 words

The vehicle of claim 20, said last mentioned means comprising a substantially vertical hydraulic motor, said article engaging means being carried by said hydraulic motor, and movable thereby from a first position below said storing means to a second position above said storing means.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	1983-12-02	1984-06-02	1984-12-02	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	1987-12-02	1988-06-02	1988-12-02	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	1991-12-02	1992-06-02	1992-12-02	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

Scissors lift with pipe handler

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