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Granted Patent B1
US 11,858,764 · App. 17/499,957 · Granted Jan 2, 2024

Material movement apparatus and method

Inventors: William Harold Behrends, III (Cantonment, FL); Eddy Jay Bledsoe (Cantonment, FL)
B65G7/12B62B15/007
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Patent No.
US 11,858,764
App. No.
17/499,957
Granted
Jan 2, 2024
Kind
B1
Abstract

A material movement apparatus and method includes a material support with a front, a rear, a first side, a second side, a top and a bottom where the front includes a curved section that curves up from the bottom from the first side to the second side. A pull bar is connected with the top at the front within the front curved section, a pull point is connected with the pull bar from the bottom and a handle is located in one side.

Claims (32)

1. A material movement apparatus comprising:

a. a material support with a front, a rear, a first side, a second side, a top and a bottom wherein the front includes a curved section that curves up from the bottom from the first side to the second side;

b. a pull bar connected with the top at the front within the front curved section;

c. a pull point connected with the pull bar from the bottom;

d. a handle in a side; and

e. a second pull bar where the rear includes a rear curved section that curves up from the bottom from the first side to the second side and the second pull bar is connected with the top at the rear within the rear curved section.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the pull point is an eyebolt connected with the pull bar from the bottom.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 further including more than one eyebolt connected with the pull bar from the bottom.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the handle is a cuttout in the side of the material.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein there is a handle in the first side and a handle in the second side.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein corners formed at the connection of the first side and second side with the front and rear are rounded.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the material support includes a tie down.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the material support is a durable, low friction, flexible plastic sheet that rolls into a tubular form.

9. A material movement apparatus comprising:

a. a material support with a front, a rear, a first side, a second side, a top and a bottom wherein the front includes a curved section that curves up from the bottom from the first side to the second side and wherein corners formed at the connection of the first side and second side with the front and rear are rounded;

b. a pull bar connected with the top at the front within the front curved section wherein the poll bar extends along the front between the first side and the second side;

c. a pull point connected with the pull bar from the bottom wherein the pull point is an eyebolt connected with the pull bar from the bottom;

d. a handle in the first side and a handle in the second side; and

e. a second pull bar where the rear includes a rear curved section that curves up from the bottom than the first side to the second side and the second pull bar is connected with the top at the rear within the rear curved section.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the handle is a cuttout in the side of the material.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein there is more than one handle in the first side and in the second side.

12. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the material support includes a tie down.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein there is a tie down in the first side and in the second side.

14. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the material support is a durable, low friction, flexible plastic sheet that rolls into a compact tubular form for transport.

15. A material movement method comprising:

a. providing a material support with a front, a rear, a first side, a second side, a top and a bottom wherein the front includes a curved section that curves up from the bottom from the first side to the second side and wherein corners formed at the connection of the first side and second side with the front and rear are rounded; a pull bar connected with the top at the front within the front curved section wherein the pull bar extends along the front between the first side and the second side; a pull point connected with the pull bar from the bottom wherein the pull point is an eyebolt connected with the pull bar from the bottom and a handle in the first side and a handle in the second side; and a second pull bar where the rear includes a rear curved section that curves up from the bottom from the first side to the second side and the second pull bar is connected with the top at the rear within the rear curved section. and

b. placing the material support on the ground such that the bottom is on the ground.

16. The method of claim 15 further including loading material on the top of the material support.

17. The method of claim 15 wherein there is more than one handle in the first side and in the second side.

18. The method of claim 15 wherein the material support includes a tie down.

19. The method of claim 15 wherein there is a tie down in the first side and in the second side.

20. The method of claim 15 wherein the material support is a durable, low friction, flexible plastic sheet that rolls into a compact tubular form for transport.

Continuity (1)
Provisional Application 63092505 · Oct 15, 2020
Cited By (1)
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