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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2009
Applicant:
Gerald E. Chilson, Alanson, MI (US);
Inventor:
Gerald E. Chilson, Alanson, MI (US);
Assignee:
Jervis B. Webb Company, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66F 9/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A material handling vehicle, such as an AGV, for loading and unloading a transport and wherein the vehicle includes a pair of freely floating forks. The forks are freely moveable in the vertical direction as well as capable of pivoting or tilting about an axis relative to a fork carriage, however when a load is applied, the forks are locked are prevented from such free floating movement.