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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:
Jul. 13, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Theodor Abels, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Assignee:
Linde Aktiengesellschaft, , US;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N / ; B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180326 ; 180329 ;
Abstract
An industrial truck, in particular a front seat forklift truck, has a driver's seat which can swivel around an at least approximately vertical axis of rotation. A foot space for the operator's feet which corresponds to the driver's seat. The axis of rotation is at some distance from the driver's seat and is closer to the foot space than to the driver's seat. The axis of rotation is preferably located in the vicinity of a pedal for reverse travel. In one embodiment, the pedal is swivelled along with the driver's seat.