Patent ID: 6848877

Claim:
A system for moving articles, each article having a hook for hanging, the system comprising: a pair of laterally spaced parallel rails, each rail having an outer side distant from the other rail and having a lip protruding from said outer side for engaging the hooks to hang the articles, the lips on the rails being separated by a predetermined distance; a cart supported upon the rails, the cart including a cart frame, wheels rotatably attached to said cart frame and adapted to support said cart frame and roll upon the rails, and a lifting mechanism attached to said cart frame, said lifting mechanism having a frame and a pair of spaced apart wings, said wings being moveable between a retracted position and an extended position, in the retracted position said wings being disposed below the lips of said rails, and in the extended position said wings being disposed above the lips of said rails, said wings engaging the hooks of one or more of the articles hanging on the lips when said wings are moved into the extended position, allowing the articles to be repositioned along the rails using the cart.