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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1997
Theodor Abels, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Linde Aktiengesellschaft, , DE;
Abstract
A driver restraining device is located in the driver's cab of an industrial truck having a driver's seat in the cab. The restraining device includes a contact member for the driver mounted in the cab and movable between a first retracted position and a second driver restraining position to prevent substantial movement of the driver's body relative to the driver's seat upon tipping of the truck. A tripping arrangement is operatively connected to the contact member to move the contact member between the first retracted position and the second driver restraining position and a detector for detecting the tipping motion of the industrial truck is operatively connected to the tripping arrangement to actuate the tripping arrangement to move the contact member from the first retracted position to the second driver restraining position and to lock the contact member in the second driver restraining position.