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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2022
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Avinash Panga, Woodinville, WA (US);
Adam Morton, Kirkland, WA (US);
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for handling objects such as information technology equipment racks in an environment such as a data center. In one aspect, the apparatus includes a body having a first mount on a first interior side of the body; and second mount on a second interior side of the body and in same horizontal position as the first mount; and a lifting system comprising one or more lifting elements with one or more retractable wheels coupled each of the one or more lifting elements, wherein, when the lifting system extends outside of the body to handle an object, the object rests on the one or more retractable wheels that are in an extended position, and when the lifting system is substantially inside the body, the retractable wheels are in a retracted position, and the object rests on the first mount and the second mount of the body.