Dual-function, sequential-task, lug-registry, pick and stack-align building-component handling system

摘要

A system for handling various structural building components including a pick and stack-registry lug which is anchorable to the top of a building component for handling that component in either one, or both sequentially, of its two, pick and stack-registry functional modes, (b) a clamshell-style, releasably lockable clasp adapted to receive and close capturingly upon the lug under operational circumstances with the lug anchored to the top of a building component, and ready to function in its pick category of component-handling behavior, and (c) a guide socket includable in the base of a building component functional for camming, guided reception of a lug with the lug then functioning in its stack-registry mode of behavior to facilitate overhead stack registering of two building components in relation to the lowering of an overhead component onto the top of an underlying component whose top also has a lug anchored to it.

主权项

1. A system for handling and aligning structural building components, comprising:
an underlying structural building component including a lug defining a central axis and attached to a first plate located at an upper end of the underlying structural building component; an overlying structural building component having a lower end including a second plate defining an opening adapted to receive the lug when the overlying structural building component is lowered onto the underlying structural building component; wherein the lug has a head, a base mounted to the first plate, and a channel formed between the head and the base and extending around the central axis of the lug, wherein each of the head and the base has an upwardly tapered surface region, wherein a maximum diameter of the base is greater than a maximum diameter of the head and corresponds to a diameter of the opening, and wherein the first plate and the second plate are configured to be abutted with one another at an interface orthogonal to the central axis of the lug, to vertically align the overlying structural building component with the underlying structural building component.