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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1997
E Gary Ball, Millers Tavern, VA (US);
Rockland, Inc., Bedford, PA (US);
Abstract
A material handling system generally consisting of a base assembly including a support means mountable on the operating arms of a vehicle, an arm member pivotally connected to the support means and movable between open and closed positions relative to the support means for clamping an article mounted on the support means therebetween and means for displacing the clamping member between the open and closed positions; a material container assembly including a support means mountable on the support means of the base assembly, a container mounted on and pivotally connected to the support means of the material container assembly and engageable by the clamping arm member of the base member when the support means of the material container assembly is mounted on the support means of the base assembly; and means operatively interconnecting the clamping arm member of the base assembly and the container of the material container assembly when the material container assembly is mounted on the base assembly for effecting an angular displacement of the container relative to the support means thereof upon angular displacement of the clamping arm member between the open and closed positions thereof.