Crown Equipment Corporation

Franz Pöschl

Timothy A Wellman

Martin Okroy

Stefan Hanneman

Stefan Sauer

Jess Donnely

James V Kraimer

Michael P Gallagher

Craig J Rekow

Markus Graf

Joshua D Dickman

Sultan Masoud Karimi

A materials handling vehicle comprises an operator compartment, a compartment tower, a multi-field scanning tool, and mechanisms that facilitate movement along a travel plane in a warehouse. The tool establishes a scan field, and, within scan field bounds, an occupancy detection field and an obstacle detection field. Tool scanning hardware is configured to generate the scan field from a point of origin that is elevated relative to the operator compartment and to expand the scan field such that it intersects the operator compartment and extends laterally beyond lateral edges of the operator compartment such that the occupancy detection field falls within the operator compartment, the obstacle detection field falls outside of the operator compartment, and the multi-field scanning tool is configured to indicate the presence of an occupant in the occupancy detection field and obstacles in the obstacle detection field.

Multi-field scanning tools in materials handling vehicles

Light tower for an industrial vehicle

A walkie/rider pallet truck is provided comprising a power unit; a set of forks associated with the power unit; a platform associated with the power unit and defining a location upon which an operator may stand; and a restraint system comprising a pivotable restraint structure. The restraint structure is movable to one of a walkie position, a rider-driving position and a quick-exit position.

Restraint system for walkie/rider pallet truck

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Erding, Germany

Franz Pöschl