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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2018
Applicant:
Lift Technologies, Inc., Westminster, SC (US);
Inventor:
Jody Addicott, Easley, SC (US);
Assignee:
Lift Technologies, Inc., Westminster, SC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66F 9/12 (2006.01); B66F 9/22 (2006.01); B66F 9/14 (2006.01); B66F 9/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66F 9/12 (2013.01); B66F 9/125 (2013.01); B66F 9/143 (2013.01); B66F 9/146 (2013.01); B66F 9/148 (2013.01); B66F 9/16 (2013.01); B66F 9/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fork-carriage apparatus for a lift truck includes: (a) a mounting frame assembly mountable to the lift truck for vertical movement; (b) a side shifter frame assembly slidably mounted to the mounting frame assembly; (c) a pivot frame assembly pivotably mounted to the side shifter frame assembly for translating therewith; (d) a fork assembly mounted to the pivot frame assembly for pivoting therewith; and (e) at least one load-pulling connector mounted to the pivot frame assembly and configured to connect a load to the fork-carriage apparatus for pulling the load.