Patent ID: 7712267
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
1. A J-runner comprising: a substantially planar transverse middle section having opposed first and second longitudinal sides each having a length and opposed first and second ends each having a width, wherein the length of each longitudinal side is greater than the width of each end; a first upstanding section and a second upstanding section extending upwardly from the middle section, wherein the first upstanding section has a first height and the second upstanding section has a second height, wherein the first height is less than the second height, the first upstanding section extending to the first height from the first longitudinal side of the middle section, and the second upstanding section extending to the second height from the second longitudinal side of the middle section, wherein the first upstanding section and the second upstanding section are substantially parallel, and wherein the middle section, the first upstanding section and the second upstanding section form a generally J-shape; and lifting members comprising a first upstanding section shelf aligned substantially parallel to the middle section, and at least one lifting element disposed on the middle section; wherein the first upstanding section comprises a first lower portion, the first upstanding section shelf, and an first upper portion, the first upstanding section lower portion extending generally vertically from the first longitudinal side of the middle section, and the first upstanding section shelf transversely extends distally, relative to the middle section, from an upper longitudinal edge of the first lower portion of the first upstanding section to a lower longitudinal edge of the first upper portion of the first upstanding section; and wherein the at least one lifting element disposed on the middle section comprises a first ramping edge extending upwardly from the middle section, the first ramping edge having a first end connected to the middle section, and having a second end disposed from the middle section to be between the first upstanding section and the second upstanding section.