Patent ID: 11945486
Assignee: HOME TO AUTO, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A self-elevating platform system, the system comprising:
a main body structure;
a payload platform for carrying a payload coupled to the main body;
a main lift coupled to the main body and configured to be actuated to retract and extend, where the main lift includes a plurality of main wheels;
extensible support beams coupled to the main body and configured to be actuated to extend in first and second directions that are lateral to the main body, where the first direction is opposite to the second direction, and the extensible support beams are configured to support a weight of the system;
a first height support coupled to the extensible support beams such that the first height support can be extended in the first direction by the extensible support beams, the first height support having a plurality of first wheels;
a second height support coupled to the extensible support beams such that the second height support can be extended in the second direction by the extensible support beams, the second height support having a plurality of second wheels and the second height support is configured to be actuated to vertically extend and retract the second wheels; and
a controller module having one or more processors and one or more memory devices in communication with the one or more processors, the controller being configured to actuate the main lift, the extensible support beams and the second height support, and the memory devices having computer-readable instructions stored thereupon that, when executed by the processors, cause the processors to perform a method for self-elevating platform control comprising, when a destination surface is at a higher level than an initial surface:
extending the extensible support beams in the first direction to position the first wheels over the destination surface,
extending the second height support until the second wheels contact the initial surface,
retracting the main lift,
shifting the main body in the first direction on the extensible support beams,
extending the main lift after the system has been moved in the first direction until the main wheels contact the destination surface,
retracting the second height support, and
retracting the extensible support beams.