(19)
(11) EP 4 400 267 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 A2)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
21.08.2024 Bulletin 2024/34

(43) Date of publication:
17.07.2024 Bulletin 2024/29

(21) Application number: 24164719.7

(22) Date of filing: 21.10.2022
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B25F 1/00(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
B66F 3/46; B66F 3/00; B66F 13/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA
Designated Validation States:
KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 25.10.2021 US 202163271632 P

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
22809278.9 / 4396115

(71) Applicant: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
New Britain, CT 06053 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • STRAUSS, Ralf
    Stanley, 28164 (US)
  • SMITH, Robin E.
    Stanley, 28164 (US)
  • ROWLAY, Steven
    Sheffield, S8 0EU (GB)

(74) Representative: SBD IPAdmin 
270 Bath Road
Slough, Berkshire SL1 4DX
Slough, Berkshire SL1 4DX (GB)

 
Remarks:
This application was filed on 04.04.2024 as a divisional application to the application mentioned under INID code 62.
 


(54) LIFTING AND LOWERING TOOL


(57) A lifting and lowering tool includes a foot configured to be supported on a surface, a bar extending therefrom, and a movable assembly including a housing, a movable platform shaped to support a load that extends from the housing, a lifting actuator configured to incrementally move the movable assembly along the bar away from the foot, a lowering actuator configured to incrementally move the movable assembly along the bar towards the foot, and a release actuator configured to disengage the movable assembly from the bar to allow free movement of the movable assembly along the bar. In embodiments, the movable assembly engages the bar through locking plates that extend through a flange of the movable assembly. In embodiments the release actuator is spaced from the lifting actuator and the lowering actuator to prevent inadvertent actuation of the release actuator. In embodiments a flange of the movable assembly surrounds the bar.