Patent ID: 8967592
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: B62B,B66F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for moving display cases supported by support posts having supporting ends positioned on a support surface, comprising: a dolly, said dolly having a supporting member; said dolly supported for rolling on said support surface by at least one wheel engaged with said dolly; a support post gripping component having a first member and a second member; said first and second members extending to respective distal ends spaced from a first side of said dolly from respective first ends which are supported by a lifting chassis; said lifting chassis engaged to at least one of said respective first ends, said lifting chassis in a translating engagement with said dolly in a direction of translation running substantially normal to said support surface; said distal ends terminating at end edges, said distal ends each having a top surface, outer edge surfaces, and having respective opposing inner edge surfaces opposite said outer edge surfaces, said inner edge surfaces forming an opening therebetween; means to translate one of said respective inner edge surfaces from a first position with said opening in an enlarged size, toward the other of said inner edge surfaces, to a second position wherein said opening is in a collapsed size; said collapsed size of said opening sized for positioning a first side of said opening, adjacent to a respective first side surface of said support post; a facing surface positioned to contact a second side surface of said support post, opposite said first side surface; means for translation said facing surface toward said first side of said opening; said translation of said facing surface imparting a deflection of said first side surface toward said first side of said opening; said deflection forming an engagement between said first side of said opening and said first side surface of said support post; means for a translation of said lifting chassis vertically toward and away from said support surface; said opening in said enlarged size positionable to a first position with said support post within said opening, by rolling said dolly on said at least one wheel in a direction to place said support post within said opening; a translation of said lifting chassis away from said support surface with said first side of said opening in said engagement with said first side surface of said support post, providing means for raising said support post from a supported position with said supporting end of said support post resting on said support surface, to an elevated position with said supporting end of said support post elevated above said support surface; and whereby said support post is repositionable upon said support surface to different said supported positions, by a rolling of said dolly with said support post in said engagement.