Abstract

A method for transforming articulated lift platforms for marine vessels to a rigid lift platform with motorized weight distribution control that includes providing an articulated lift platform body having both a set of opposing longitudinally oriented L-beams each coupled to one another in an articulated configuration and with some or all of these L-beams having a side freely supported in a cantilevered configuration relative to an adjacent L-beam and includes a plurality of transversely oriented T-beams coupling the set of opposing longitudinally oriented L-beams together. The lift platform also includes a plurality of motorized cable support assemblies each coupled to one of plurality of primary T-beams with a cable. The method includes fastening the freely supported side of the L-beam to the adjacent L-beam to generate a rigid lift platform with a unitary configuration inhibiting vertical movement of each of the longitudinally oriented L-beams.

IPC Classes  ?

• B63C 5/02 - StagingsScaffoldingShores or struts
• B66C 13/16 - Applications of indicating, registering, or weighing devices
• B66F 7/02 - Lifting frames, e.g. for lifting vehiclesPlatform lifts with platforms suspended from ropes, cables, or chains
• E02B 3/06 - MolesPiersQuaysQuay wallsGroynesBreakwaters
• B66D 1/00 - Rope, cable, or chain winding mechanismsCapstans
• B66F 17/00 - Safety devices, e.g. for limiting or indicating lifting force
• B63B 3/08 - Hulls assembled from prefabricated sub-units with detachably-connected sub-units
• B63C 1/00 - Dry-docking of vessels or flying-boats
• B63C 15/00 - Storing of vessels on land otherwise than by dry-docking
• B63C 3/06 - Launching or hauling-out, e.g. by landborne slipwaysSlipways by vertical movement of vessel, e.g. by crane