Patent ID: 8776478

Claim:
A wall lifting, transport and positioning device for use with a wall section upon a worksite surface, the wall section being rectangular and having a horizontal top plate and an opposing horizontal bottom plate, the top plate having a lower top plate side facing towards the bottom plate, the bottom plate having a lower bottom plate side facing away from the top plate, the lower top plate side and the lower bottom plate side defining a lifting wall height there between, the device comprising: a wheeled hand cart housing; a support frame; a pair of roller pins extending from the support frame away from the wheeled hand cart housing, the roller pins being horizontally aligned, the roller pins positionable at least the lifting wall height above the worksite surface, each of the roller pins including an outer cylindrical element configured to axially rotate relative to the support frame about an axis extending from the support frame with the lower top plate side being positioned in contact with the outer cylindrical element for translation of the wall section in a direction along the top plate; and a lifting actuator disposed between the wheeled hand cart housing and the support frame, the lifting actuator being sized and configured to translate the roller pins upward relative to the wheeled hand cart housing with the outer cylindrical elements being positionable under and in contact with the lower top plate side.