Patent ID: 7878753
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: B66C

Abstract:
1. A method of supporting, rotating and transporting a vehicle body shell comprising the steps of: (a) positioning a vehicle body shell within a pair of generally parallel hoops vertically oriented with said hoops being spaced apart for rotation about a horizontal axis; (b) securing said vehicle body shell within each hoop with a plurality of connecting members attachably mounted from the inner edge of said hoop to said vehicle body shell to form a rotatable assembly; (c) positioning said assembly on a pair of generally stationary supporting frames, said frames each having a pair of rollers aligned to support each of said hoops of said assembly for rotation; (d) rotating said assembly by manually rotating one of said hoops over said rollers, thereby allowing the assembly to rotate 360°; (e) halting rotation of said assembly by engaging one of a plurality of friction brakes which engage said rollers and prevent the rotation of said hoops thereby, stabilizing said assembly to perform repairs on said vehicle while said assembly's rotation is stopped and positioned in any angle; (f) lifting said assembly from contact with said rollers of said generally stationary supporting frames by removably securing an attachable lifting member which engages a receiving means mounted on the inner edge of each of said independent generally parallel hoops, enabling each of said pair of independent generally parallel hoops to be elevated when said attachable lifting member is raised by a lifting mechanism, thereby enabling said generally stationary supporting frames to be removed from under said assembly; (g) attaching a plurality of removably connected rolling supports, configured to engage with said assembly by removably attaching to each lower side of each of said independent generally parallel hoops a pair of the removably connected rolling supports to a lower outer edge of each of said hoops, thereby enabling said assembly to be moved around an area or up or down an incline of up to 25 degrees.