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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2021
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
James Patrick Dwyer, King, WA (US);
Eli Douglas Girod, Seattle, WA (US);
Ryan Gratias, Issaquah, WA (US);
Nathanael Edmund Deffenbaugh, Seattle, WA (US);
Robert Matthew Gruendel, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ed Gallagher, Redmond, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
In one example, a pallet jack cap system includes a stabilization outrigger secured around steer wheels of a pallet jack, a bonnet in an elevated position over forks of the pallet jack, an anchor base for attachment to the pallet jack, and a vertical extension system between the anchor base and the bonnet. The vertical extension system supports the bonnet in the elevated position over the forks of the pallet jack. The vertical extension system can include an elevating vertical support assembly, an elastic counterpoise to assist with positioning the bonnet at a particular elevation based on an extension of the vertical support assembly, and an extension lock to secure the vertical support assembly at the particular elevation. The bonnet can be lowered down over a unit load on a pallet transported by the pallet jack, to secure the unit load and items in transport by the pallet jack.