Patent ID: 9695023
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: B66F

Claim:
1. A load-supporting apparatus, comprising: first and second support assemblies each comprising a base, and a slide mounted to the base for movement between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the base, the slide includes upper and lower ends that extend from a proximal end toward the base to a distal end away from the base, inner and outer sides, and an abutment proximate to the lower end between the proximal and distal ends that extends inwardly from the inner side; the first and second support assemblies are axially spaced and extend in the same direction, and a linkage assembly couples the slide of the first support assembly to the slide of the second support assembly, the linkage assembly is adjustable for enabling adjustment of the first and second support assemblies toward and away from one another; the abutments define contact points that engage and stabilize a load relative to the first and second support assemblies, when the load is between and is supported by the slides; the bases of the first and second support assemblies are concurrently mountable releasably to a lift operable for raising and lowering the load-supporting apparatus between raised and lowered positions; the first and second support assemblies are enabled for adjustment toward and away from one another via the linkage assembly, when the bases of the first and second support assemblies are concurrently mounted releasably to the lift; the first and second support assemblies each further include: the spacers define extended contact points spaced forwardly from the contact points of the respective abutments that engage and stabilize the load relative to the first and second support assemblies, when the load is between and is supported by the slides.