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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 1976
Filed:
Feb. 07, 1974
Applicant:
Inventor:
Harold A Stammen, New Bremen, OH (US);
Assignee:
Crown Controls Corporation, New Bremen, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
187 / ; 187 35 ; 214D / ; 296107 ;
Abstract
A fork lift with a retractable overhead guard has limit switches built into the mast and one rail of the retractable guard which prevent the fork lift from being raised above a predetermined height when the guard is lowered, and when the fork lift has been raised above the predetermined height with the guard raised, prevents the guard from being lowered.