Patent ID: 8960693
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: B62B

Abstract:
1. A door transporting and positioning system ( 100 ) for enabling a single user to safely transport or position a door ( 200 ) for installation, wherein the system ( 100 ) comprises: (a) the door ( (b) a door cradle ( wherein the cradle bottom ( 360 ) comprises a cradle floor ( 370 ) disposed thereon having a floor first side ( 371 ) perpendicularly disposed on the cradle first side ( 310 ), a floor second side ( 372 ) perpendicularly disposed on the cradle second side ( 320 ), a terminating floor anterior end ( 373 ), a terminating floor posterior end ( 374 ), a floor top surface ( 375 ) and a floor bottom surface ( 376 ), wherein the cradle floor ( 370 ) comprises a slot ( 380 ) fluidly disposed therein from the floor top surface ( 375 ) to the floor bottom surface ( 378 ), wherein an slot open end ( 382 ) originates at a floor middle ( 377 ) (between the floor first side ( 371 ) and the floor second side ( 372 )) of the floor anterior end ( 373 ), wherein the cradle floor ( 370 ) comprises a general shape of a “U” in a transverse plane when the floor top surface ( 375 ) and the floor bottom surface ( 376 ) are parallel to a level plane, wherein the door cradle ( 300 ) comprises a generally planar first side surface interface component ( 390 ) disposed on a cradle first side interior surface ( 312 ), wherein the first side surface interface component ( 390 ) traverses the cradle first side ( 310 ) and extends out and away from the cradle anterior end ( 330 ), wherein a first side surface interface component interior interface ( 391 ) is generally parallel with the cradle first side interior surface ( 312 ), wherein the first side surface interface component ( 390 ) is removable and replaceable, wherein the first side surface interface component ( 390 ) is constructed from compressible, non-marring material with respect to a finished or unfinished door ( 200 ), wherein the door cradle ( 300 ) comprises a generally planar second side surface interface component ( 395 ) disposed on a cradle second side interior surface ( 322 ), wherein the second side surface interface component ( 395 ) traverses the cradle second side ( 320 ) and extends out and away from the cradle anterior end ( 330 ), wherein a second side surface interface component interior interface ( 396 ) is generally parallel with the cradle second side interior surface ( 322 ), wherein the second side surface interface component ( 395 ) is removable and replaceable, wherein the second side surface interface component ( 395 ) is constructed from compressible, non-marring material with respect to a finished or unfinished door ( 200 ), wherein the door cradle ( 300 ) comprises a floor surface interface component ( 400 ) disposed on the floor top surface ( 375 ), wherein the floor surface interface component ( 400 ) traverses the cradle floor ( 370 ), wherein a floor surface interface component interior interface ( 401 ) is generally parallel with the cradle floor interior surface ( 378 ), wherein the floor surface interface component ( 400 ) is constructed from compressible, non-marring material, with respect to a finished or unfinished door ( 200 ); (c) a clamping device ( wherein the spanning bar first end ( 512 ) comprises a first side clamping member ( 520 ) affixed thereto, wherein the first side clamping member ( 520 ) comprises a threaded first side clamping rod ( 530 ) rotatably disposed though a threaded inner cavity ( 555 ) therein, wherein the first side clamping rod ( 530 ) comprises a first side clamping handle ( 540 ) operatively disposed perpendicularly on a first side clamping rod first end ( 534 ) thereon, wherein upon rotation of the first side clamping rod ( 530 ) via the first side clamping handle ( 540 ), a first side clamping interface ( 550 ) disposed on a first side clamping rod second end ( 536 ) contacts and compresses against a cradle first side exterior surface ( 314 ) for clamping the door ( 200 ), wherein the spanning bar second end ( 514 ) comprises a second side clamping member ( 560 ) affixed thereto, wherein the second side clamping member ( 560 ) comprises a threaded second side clamping rod ( 570 ) rotatably disposed though a threaded inner cavity ( 555 ) therein, wherein the second side clamping rod ( 570 ) comprises a second side clamping handle ( 580 ) operatively disposed perpendicularly on a second side clamping rod first end ( 574 ) thereon, wherein upon rotation of the second side clamping rod ( 570 ) via the second side clamping handle ( 580 ), a second side clamping interface ( 590 ) disposed on a second side clamping rod second end ( 576 ) contacts and compresses against a cradle second side exterior surface ( 324 ) for clamping the door ( 200 ), wherein the first side clamping interface ( 550 ) is affixed to the cradle first side exterior surface ( 314 ), wherein the second side clamping interface ( 590 ) is affixed to the cradle second side exterior surface ( 324 ), wherein the first side clamping interface ( 550 ) comprises a first side clamping interface guiding aperture ( 551 ) disposed therein, wherein the spanning bar ( 510 ) is slidably disposed through the first side clamping interface guiding aperture ( 551 ), wherein the second side clamping interface ( 590 ) comprises a second side clamping interface guiding aperture ( 591 ) disposed therein, wherein the spanning bar ( 510 ) is slidably disposed through the second side clamping interface guiding aperture ( 591 ); (d) a first axle ( (e) a second axle ( wherein a first distance ( 700 ) from a first axle centerline ( 602 ) to a farthest tip of the cradle posterior end ( 340 ) of the cradle first side ( 310 ) is smaller than a radius of the first wheel ( 610 ), wherein a second distance ( 710 ) from a second axle centerline ( 622 ) to a farthest tip of the cradle posterior end ( 340 ) of the cradle second side ( 320 ) is smaller than a radius of the second wheel ( 630 ), wherein in a first released mode, the door cradle ( 300 ) is adapted to be slidably inserted over the door bottom ( 240 ) of the door strike edge ( 220 ), wherein the floor top surface ( 375 ) is adapted to interface with the door strike edge ( 220 ), wherein a third distance ( 800 ) comprises a distance between the first side surface interface component interior interface ( 391 ) and the second side surface interface component interior interface ( 396 ), wherein a fourth distance ( 810 ) comprises a distance between the door first surface ( 250 ) and the door second surface ( 260 ), wherein the third distance ( 800 ) is greater than the fourth distance ( 810 ), wherein the third distance ( 800 ) is no more than 1 inch greater than the fourth distance ( 810 ), wherein the door cradle ( 300 ) is adapted to fit over the door ( 200 ) via the floor surface interface component interior interface ( 401 ) interfacing with the door strike edge ( 220 ), the first side surface interface component interior interface ( 391 ) interfacing with the door first surface ( 250 ) or the door second surface ( 260 ), and the second side surface interface component interior interface ( 396 ) interfacing with the door first surface ( 250 ) or the door second surface ( 260 ), wherein in a second clamped mode, the first side clamping handle ( 540 ) is rotated to the compress the first side clamping interface ( 550 ) against the cradle first side ( 310 ) thereby compressing the first side surface interface component ( 390 ) against the door first surface ( 250 ), wherein the second side clamping handle ( 580 ) is rotated to compress the second side clamping interface ( 590 ) against the cradle second side ( 320 ) thereby compressing the second side surface interface component ( 395 ) against the door second surface ( 260 ), wherein the door ( 200 ) can be moved and positioned in the system ( 100 ).