Patent ID: 11964860
Assignee: BAILEY SPECIALTY CRANES AND AERIALS, LLC
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. Apparatus for use in installation of an array of solar panels arranged in parallel rows on support structure, the installation apparatus comprising:
a lift-and-place vehicle powered to move between and along adjacent rows of the support structure and including:
a base having a ground-engaging driver for movement along the ground;
a lifting mast secured with respect to the base, extending upwardly and in a fore/aft direction to define a panel-loading space;
a liftable trolley beam secured to the mast over the panel-loading space and extending laterally to span between the adjacent rows;
a traversing trolley movable along the trolley beam; and
a panel-placing carrier suspended from the trolley for up/down and lateral movement of panels carried thereby, and

a panel-pallet vehicle removably hitched to the lift-and-place vehicle, extending under the panel-loading space, and having a pallet carrier adjacent to the panel-loading space.