A door transporting and positioning system for enabling a single user to safely transport or position a door for installation has a door cradle to hold a door. A cradle floor has a general shape of a “U”. The door cradle has a generally planar first side surface interface component, second side surf
A door transporting and positioning system for enabling a single user to safely transport or position a door for installation has a door cradle to hold a door. A cradle floor has a general shape of a “U”. The door cradle has a generally planar first side surface interface component, second side surface interface component, and a floor surface interface component each constructed from compressible, non-marring material. The system has a clamping device located close to a cradle anterior end on a cradle bottom with a spanning bar. A spanning bar first end has a first side clamping member and a spanning bar second end has a second side clamping member. The system has a first axle perpendicularly located on the cradle first side with a first wheel, and a second axle perpendicularly located on the cradle second side with a second wheel.
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1. A door transporting and positioning system (100) for enabling a single user to safely transport or position a door (200) for installation, wherein the system (100) comprises: (a) the door (200) having a door first edge (210), a door strike edge (220), a door top (230), a door bottom (240), a door
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A door transporting and positioning system (100) for enabling a single user to safely transport or position a door (200) for installation, wherein the system (100) comprises: (a) the door (200) having a door first edge (210), a door strike edge (220), a door top (230), a door bottom (240), a door first surface (250), and a door second surface (260);(b) a door cradle (300) having a cradle first side (310), a cradle second side (320), an open cradle anterior end (330), an open cradle posterior end (340), a cradle top (350), and a cradle bottom (360), wherein the cradle bottom (360) comprises a cradle floor (370) disposed thereon having a floor first side (371) perpendicularly disposed on the cradle first side (310), a floor second side (372) perpendicularly disposed on the cradle second side (320), a terminating floor anterior end (373), a terminating floor posterior end (374), a floor top surface (375) and a floor bottom surface (376), wherein the cradle floor (370) comprises a slot (380) fluidly disposed therein from the floor top surface (375) to the floor bottom surface (378), wherein an slot open end (382) originates at a floor middle (377) (between the floor first side (371) and the floor second side (372)) of the floor anterior end (373), wherein the cradle floor (370) comprises a general shape of a “U” in a transverse plane when the floor top surface (375) and the floor bottom surface (376) are parallel to a level plane, wherein the door cradle (300) comprises a generally planar first side surface interface component (390) disposed on a cradle first side interior surface (312), wherein the first side surface interface component (390) traverses the cradle first side (310) and extends out and away from the cradle anterior end (330), wherein a first side surface interface component interior interface (391) is generally parallel with the cradle first side interior surface (312), wherein the first side surface interface component (390) is removable and replaceable, wherein the first side surface interface component (390) is constructed from compressible, non-marring material with respect to a finished or unfinished door (200), wherein the door cradle (300) comprises a generally planar second side surface interface component (395) disposed on a cradle second side interior surface (322), wherein the second side surface interface component (395) traverses the cradle second side (320) and extends out and away from the cradle anterior end (330), wherein a second side surface interface component interior interface (396) is generally parallel with the cradle second side interior surface (322), wherein the second side surface interface component (395) is removable and replaceable, wherein the second side surface interface component (395) is constructed from compressible, non-marring material with respect to a finished or unfinished door (200), wherein the door cradle (300) comprises a floor surface interface component (400) disposed on the floor top surface (375), wherein the floor surface interface component (400) traverses the cradle floor (370), wherein a floor surface interface component interior interface (401) is generally parallel with the cradle floor interior surface (378), wherein the floor surface interface component (400) is constructed from compressible, non-marring material, with respect to a finished or unfinished door (200); (c) a clamping device (500) disposed proximal to the cradle anterior end (330) on the cradle bottom (360) via a plurality of straps (502), wherein the clamping device (500) comprises a cylindrical linear spanning bar (510) having a spanning bar first end (512) and a spanning bar second end (514), wherein the spanning bar first end (512) comprises a first side clamping member (520) affixed thereto, wherein the first side clamping member (520) comprises a threaded first side clamping rod (530) rotatably disposed though a threaded inner cavity (555) therein, wherein the first side clamping rod (530) comprises a first side clamping handle (540) operatively disposed perpendicularly on a first side clamping rod first end (534) thereon, wherein upon rotation of the first side clamping rod (530) via the first side clamping handle (540), a first side clamping interface (550) disposed on a first side clamping rod second end (536) contacts and compresses against a cradle first side exterior surface (314) for clamping the door (200), wherein the spanning bar second end (514) comprises a second side clamping member (560) affixed thereto, wherein the second side clamping member (560) comprises a threaded second side clamping rod (570) rotatably disposed though a threaded inner cavity (555) therein, wherein the second side clamping rod (570) comprises a second side clamping handle (580) operatively disposed perpendicularly on a second side clamping rod first end (574) thereon, wherein upon rotation of the second side clamping rod (570) via the second side clamping handle (580), a second side clamping interface (590) disposed on a second side clamping rod second end (576) contacts and compresses against a cradle second side exterior surface (324) for clamping the door (200), wherein the first side clamping interface (550) is affixed to the cradle first side exterior surface (314), wherein the second side clamping interface (590) is affixed to the cradle second side exterior surface (324), wherein the first side clamping interface (550) comprises a first side clamping interface guiding aperture (551) disposed therein, wherein the spanning bar (510) is slidably disposed through the first side clamping interface guiding aperture (551), wherein the second side clamping interface (590) comprises a second side clamping interface guiding aperture (591) disposed therein, wherein the spanning bar (510) is slidably disposed through the second side clamping interface guiding aperture (591); (d) a first axle (600) perpendicularly disposed between the cradle top (350) and the cradle bottom (360) on the cradle first side (310) proximal to the cradle posterior end (340) comprising a first wheel (610) rotatably disposed thereon; and(e) a second axle (620) perpendicularly disposed between the cradle top (350) and the cradle bottom (360) on the cradle second side (320) proximal to the cradle posterior end (340) comprising a second wheel (630) rotatably disposed thereon; wherein a first distance (700) from a first axle centerline (602) to a farthest tip of the cradle posterior end (340) of the cradle first side (310) is smaller than a radius of the first wheel (610), wherein a second distance (710) from a second axle centerline (622) to a farthest tip of the cradle posterior end (340) of the cradle second side (320) is smaller than a radius of the second wheel (630), wherein in a first released mode, the door cradle (300) is adapted to be slidably inserted over the door bottom (240) of the door strike edge (220), wherein the floor top surface (375) is adapted to interface with the door strike edge (220), wherein a third distance (800) comprises a distance between the first side surface interface component interior interface (391) and the second side surface interface component interior interface (396), wherein a fourth distance (810) comprises a distance between the door first surface (250) and the door second surface (260), wherein the third distance (800) is greater than the fourth distance (810), wherein the third distance (800) is no more than 1 inch greater than the fourth distance (810), wherein the door cradle (300) is adapted to fit over the door (200) via the floor surface interface component interior interface (401) interfacing with the door strike edge (220), the first side surface interface component interior interface (391) interfacing with the door first surface (250) or the door second surface (260), and the second side surface interface component interior interface (396) interfacing with the door first surface (250) or the door second surface (260), wherein in a second clamped mode, the first side clamping handle (540) is rotated to the compress the first side clamping interface (550) against the cradle first side (310) thereby compressing the first side surface interface component (390) against the door first surface (250), wherein the second side clamping handle (580) is rotated to compress the second side clamping interface (590) against the cradle second side (320) thereby compressing the second side surface interface component (395) against the door second surface (260), wherein the door (200) can be moved and positioned in the system (100). 2. The system (100) of claim 1, wherein a size insert (720) is disposed in the door cradle (300), wherein the size insert (720) is adapted to accommodate the door (200) having a specific thickness, wherein the size insert (720) comprises a cross-section of a “U” in a coronal plane. 3. The system (100) of claim 1, wherein the first side surface interface component (390) or the second side surface interface component (395) is constructed from wood. 4. The system (100) of claim 1, wherein the floor surface interface component (400) is constructed from a carpet. 5. The system (100) of claim 1, wherein the clamping device (500) is a pipe clamp.
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