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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:
Feb. 16, 1988
Filed:
Apr. 29, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Randall E Breyer, Lorena, TX (US);
Raymond Fritel, Hewitt, TX (US);
Assignee:
O'Flaherty Finance Corporation, Waco, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
182-2 ; 74491 ;
Abstract
In an aerial lift having a lower boom, an upper boom, and a personnel carrier bucket attached to the upper boom, with the upper boom having an overcenter capability, wherein the upper boom can pivot from a folded position in a non-overcenter zone of operation past a center position and into an overcenter zone of operation, there is provided a control handle arrangement with first and second handles having control movements such that, when the operator is correctly positioned, the direction the bucket moves corresponds to the direction the respective handle moves for all zones of operation.