A dish cart includes a top with a slot for receiving a lift arm that may be lifted up through the slot to raise or lower dishes. Lobe openings emanating from the slot receive lobes of a lift paddle secured to the lift arm. The cart may define a gap below the top for permitting insertion of the lift paddle and the lift arm. The cart may be adjusted to receive differently sized dishes by means of rails of different sizes or adjustable vanes. A dish drop station includes the lift arm and lift paddle and a lift mechanism for raising and lower the lift arm. The dish drop station may include a cart present sensor and include a lock for retaining the cart. The controller may be programmed to the lower the lift arm to an unlock position that disengages the cart lock.

A dump cart designed to unload stored items is provided. The dump cart includes a base frame assembly disposed on the ground surface, the base frame assembly having a plurality of rail members coupled together to create space between the front end and rear end, and an upper frame assembly rotatably mounted to the base frame assembly and having a compartment formed by a plurality of members connected together, the compartment positioned in space between the front end and rear end of the base frame assembly. The compartment of the upper frame assembly is rotatably adjusted to a first position facing upward and away from the ground surface to load the plurality of items therein. The compartment of the upper frame assembly is rotatably adjusted to a second position facing downward and toward the ground surface to unload the plurality of items from the compartment.

A locomotion platform comprising: a base frame having front and rear lowermost sections, both defining an imaginary horizontal landing plane; front and rear wheel assemblies, each configured with a distal end comprising riding wheel(s) and at least one proximal end articulated to said base frame, each of said front and rear wheel assemblies independently manipulable between a collapsed position, at which the riding wheels of the respective wheel assembly are disposed on or above the plane, and an extended position, at which the riding wheels of the respective wheel assembly are disposed below the plane; a position fixing mechanism(s) configured to selectively arrest at least one of said front or rear wheel assemblies at one or more intermediate positions between the collapsed and extended positions; and an activating module(s) configured to induce manipulation of at least one of said front or rear wheel assemblies towards the collapsed position.

The lifter for stacked trays is a motorized lifting device for stacked trays, such as bread trays, and includes a substantially U-shaped base and a vertical frame. A moveable frame assembly is slidably mounted on the vertical frame. The moveable frame assembly includes a horizontal frame member and a pair of engaging swing arms. Rear ends of the engaging swing arms are respectively pivotally secured to a pair of horizontally opposed ends of the horizontal frame member. A motor selectively raises and lowers the moveable frame assembly. A pair of vertical rods are respectively mounted to the pair of engaging swing arms adjacent the rear ends thereof. When a stack of trays engage the pair of vertical rods, to rearward movement of the stack of trays causes the pair of engaging swing arms to rotate inwardly to contact the side edges of the adjacent tray in the stack.

The construction industry ranks among the largest and most dangerous industries in the world. To promote worker safety, government regulations require use of fall protection equipment, such as railings, many of which are expensive, wasteful, and/or time consuming to use. Accordingly, the present inventor devised some alternatives. One exemplary system incorporates a dual post base plate configured for attachment to a concrete floor via a single concrete anchor bolt, instead of the multiple bolts used conventionally, thereby reducing assembly time and cost. Another embodiment includes a rolling cart assembly which stores the rails in a side-by-side vertical arrangement and the base plates in an interleaved sequence, promoting easy access during installation and inventory control during disassembly and storage. Additionally, some embodiments include four stacking posts that extend upward from the cart, enabling multiple carts to be stacked vertical on atop the other to save space on construction sites.

A manually manipulated apparatus supports a piece of equipment beneath a rail car gate of a railroad hopper car during maintenance or removal of the gate. The apparatus has a frame and a support frame attached to the frame. The support frame is selectively raisable and lowerable between a lowered position adjacent to the frame to a raised position extending upwardly above the frame. The support frame has an equipment engagement member which has an upwardly facing surface which is adapted to engage a downwardly facing surface of the equipment when the support frame is in the raised position.

The present disclosure provides a transporting apparatus. The transporting apparatus can include the following components: a first frame support configured to support an object; a second frame support configured to roll the transporting apparatus and to move relative to the first frame support; and a plurality of shock absorbing elements positioned between the first frame support and the second frame support.

A hand truck includes a main frame mechanism and a clamping mechanism. The main frame mechanism includes a main frame unit configured to carry an article, and a wheel unit connected to the main frame unit for moving the main frame unit. The clamping mechanism includes two clamping frame units disposed movably and respectively on left and right sides of the main frame unit. The clamping frame units are driven to move relative to the main frame unit between a clamped state and an unclamped state, in which the clamping frame units are moved close to and away from each other to clamp and release therebetween the article, respectively.

Flat Tire Buddy is comprised of a steel cradle provided with a pair of rear steel wheels supported on a rear axle and a central swiveling two front steel wheels. The cradle has a bottom wall and opposed spaced parallel side walls to receive a vehicle wheel therein. A pivotal rear ramp is secured to the rear axle and has a first inclined ramp section to permit the vehicle wheel to enter the cradle. The rear ramp also has a second ramp section which is actuable by the load of the vehicle wheel to cause the first plate section to pivot upward to an arresting position. The rear ramp is constructed such that when in the loading position, it causes the rear wheel to be wedged off the ground support surface. The rear ramp is provided to prevent displacement to Flat Tire Buddy when a vehicle wheel is driven in or out of the cradle over the pivotal rear ramp. At the rear of Flat Tire Buddy there are two stopper levers which stop Flat Tire Buddy from moving forward when mounting onto the cradle. In the front of Flat Tire Buddy, there are an additional two stopper levers which function in the same manner, stopping Flat Tire Buddy from moving forward when mounting with a tire onto the cradle. Dismounting with the tire from the cradle serves the same purpose for all four stopper levers for further security. All four stopper levers are disengaged before driving away with the flat tire wheel sitting in the cradle of Flat Tire Buddy. For additional safety there are straps which are tied to the tire before driving with Flat Tire Buddy.

A strap dispenser includes a main body and two loading units. The loading units are configured to receive a strapping roll. The loading units are connected with a connecting member and an elastic member. When in use, a strapping roll is first placed on one of the loading units to be guided and located between the loading units through the connecting member and the elastic member. When the strapping roll is pulled, the strap dispenser can prevent the strapping roll from being jammed or pulled out of the loading units due to the action of the centrifugal force.