Crane having a toolless removable battery and progressive function control

• US 8,979,467 B1
• Filed: 10/16/2013
• Issued: 03/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bailey, Jeffrey H.
• Original Assignee: Bailey, Jeffrey H.
• Inventors: Bailey, Jeffrey H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Rodriguez, Saul
• Assistant Examiner(s): JARRETT, RONALD P
• Application Number:
  US14/055,080
• Time in Patent Office: 517 Days
• Field of Search: 104/34, 180/65.1, 414/408, 414/428, 414/531, 414/540, 414/546, 414565-567, 414/583, 414/680, 414/682, 414/687, 4147441-7443
• US Class Current: 414/680
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 1/54 using cranes for self-loading or self-unloading vehicles for transporting cranes B60P3/28, mobile or traveling cranes B66C
• CPC Class Codes: B66C 13/22 for electric drives transmitting control pulses B66C13/40; systems or devices of general application H02P
• CPC Class Codes: B66C 23/62 Constructional features or details of dredgers E02F
• CPC Class Codes: B66F 11/00 Lifting devices specially adapted for particular uses not otherwise provided for ground-engaging vehicle fittings for supporting, lifting or manoeuvring the vehicle B60S9/00
• CPC Class Codes: B66F 9/00 Devices for lifting or lowering bulky or heavy goods for loading or unloading purposes mobile or transportable lifts in, or associated with, buildings and specially adapted to be shifted from one part of a building or other structure to another part or to another building or structure B66B9/16; cranes B66C

Abstract

A crane having a toolless removable battery includes a crane and a removable battery. The crane preferable includes a lengthwise structural member, a pair of front wheels, a turnable rear wheel, a boom mount and a crane boom. A battery slot is created between the turnable rear wheel and the pair of front wheels and adjacent the turnable rear wheel. The removable battery includes at least three wheels. Four retention hooks are retained on opposing sides of the removable battery. Four retention posts extend from opposing sides of the battery slot for engagement with the four retention hooks. One end of a pair of lift straps extend from opposing ends of the removable battery and the other end of the pair of lift straps are secured to opposing sides of the crane boom. The crane boom is raised to lift the four retention hooks off the four retention posts.

Claims

1. A crane having a toolless removable battery comprising:

a crane including a lengthwise structural member, a pair of front wheels, at least one rear wheel and a crane boom, said front wheels are retained on a front of said lengthwise structural member, said at least one rear wheel is retained at a rear of said lengthwise structural member, said crane boom is pivotally retained above a rear of said lengthwise structural member, a battery slot is formed in front of said turnable rear wheel;

a removable battery includes at least three wheels for rolling thereof;

said removable battery is retained by at least two hooks and at least two retention posts, said at least two retention hooks are retained on said removable battery, said at least two retention posts are retained in said battery slot, wherein said removable battery is suspended from said at least two retention posts; and

a pair of lifting straps having one end thereof extending from opposing ends of said removable battery, opposing ends of said pair of lifting straps are removably attachable to said crane boom, wherein said crane boom is raised to disengage said removable battery from said battery slot, said crane boom is lowered to remove said removable battery from said battery slot.

2. The crane having a toolless removable battery of claim 1 wherein:

said means for retaining said removable battery is four retention hooks and four retention posts, said four retention hooks are attached to a top of said removable battery, said four retention posts are retained on an inside of said battery slot.

3. The crane having a toolless removable battery of claim 1, further comprising:

a rear housing is attached to said rear of said lengthwise structural member, a pair of storage bins are attached to sides of said lengthwise structural member, said battery slot is disposed between said rear housing and said pair of storage bins.

4. The crane having a toolless removable battery of claim 3, further comprising:

a boom mount extends from said rear housing, said crane boom is pivotally retained in said boom mount.

5. The crane having a toolless removable battery of claim 3, further comprising:

a control handle extends from a rear of said rear housing, said control handle turns said at least one rear wheel, said control handle operates the motion of said crane boom.

6. The crane having a toolless removable battery of claim 3, further comprising:

a hydraulic lift cylinder having one end pivotally retained by said boom mount, an opposing end of said hydraulic lift cylinder is pivotally retained by said crane boom.

7. The crane having a toolless removable battery of claim 1, further comprising:

a drive base is mounted to a front of said lengthwise structural support member, said pair of front wheels are rotatably retained on opposing ends of said drive base.