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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2024
The Raymond Corporation, Greene, NY (US);
Erik C. Tracy, Johnson City, NY (US);
Joseph A. Weiss, Greene, NY (US);
Curtis D. Richards, Greene, NY (US);
The Raymond Corporation, Greene, NY (US);
Abstract
A load position verification system for detecting a load on a pair of forks of a material handling vehicle. The system includes a first arm extending parallel with a first fork of the material handling vehicle and a second arm, opposite the first arm, extending parallel with a second fork of the material handling vehicle. In one example, the system includes one or more sensors, each sensor having a transmitter configured to transmit a beam and a receiver configured to receive the beam, positioned within the arms. In one example, the system may indicate that no load is on the forks when the receiver receives the beam from the transmitter. In another example, the system may indicate that a load is on the forks when the receiver does not receive the beam from the transmitter.