Clark Equipment Compnay

Deryl R Hoyt

Warner K Brown

Robert L Kirby

Overhead guard for a lift truck

A load back rest for industrial vehicles having a pair of spaced hollow multi-sided members. Each hollow member has a plurality of longitudinally spaced notches through one side in alignable and facing relation with corresponding notches in one side of the other hollow member so that a guard bar may be fitted in each facing pair of notches. Side rails connect the respective ends of the hollow members. The load back rest is supported from the fork carriage in a vertical plane at the front of the vehicle.

Load back rest for lift truck

An inverted generally U-shaped overhead protective guard for industrial vehicles in which the overhead guard canopy or bridge includes a pair of parallel spaced hollow multi-sided members. Each hollow member has a plurality of longitudinally spaced notches through one side in alignable and facing relation with corresponding notches in one side of the other hollow member so that a guard bar may be fitted in each facing pair of notches. Side rails connect the respective ends of the hollow members. The bridge structure is supported from the vehicle by front and rear pairs of legs which together provide an overhead guard which extends over the operator's station.

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Battle Creek, MI, United States of America

Deryl R Hoyt