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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:
May. 30, 1978
Filed:
Jan. 17, 1977
Vaikai K Brown, Thompson, OH (US);
Richard N Fatur, Eastlake, OH (US);
Towmotor Corporation, Mentor, OH (US);
Abstract
A combined creeper and safety control system for an industrial lift truck or the like includes a transmission override or creep control valve normally biased to a disabling position with means for selectively connecting the creeper control valve member to be operated by the operator and including a control system responsive to the presence of an operator on the vehicle seat for activating the control circuit whereby the control valve may be connected to the transmission creeper and disabling control member for thereby providing operator control of the transmission. The control system operates automatically upon the absence of the operator on the vehicle seat to automatically disengage the control member from the creeper valve thereby permitting the valve to be biased automatically to its disabling position.