Patent ID: 11904920
Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 6:
7. A lift cart comprising:
a cart platform;
a lift table connected to a top side of the cart platform that moves between a raised position and a lowest position, wherein the lift table comprises:
a table platform;
legs connected to and extending between a bottom side of the table platform and the top side of the cart platform; and
a cross member connecting the legs and positioned adjacent to the top side of the cart platform; and

a braking device connected to a bottom side of the cart platform, wherein the braking device is positioned longitudinally along the bottom side of the cart platform, and wherein the braking device comprises:
an actuator, wherein the cross member of the lift table activates the actuator when the lift table is in the lowest position;
a linkage bar connected to the actuator and positioned longitudinally along the bottom of the cart platform, wherein the linkage bar translates in a first direction when the actuator is activated; and
a first brake assembly connected to the linkage bar, wherein the first brake assembly moves from a deployed state to a retracted state as the linkage bar translates in the first direction.