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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7794193 | Three-side stacker A three-side stacker with a side push frame at one end of the stacker, on which a side arm is horizontally traversable mounted, wherein the side arm has a first traversable portion mounted on the side push frame and a second portion, which is mounted pivotally aroun... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7648325 | Industrial truck An industrial truck, in particular a stacker vehicle, having a mobile base, a cab, which can be moved in relation to the mobile base, for an operator, a load-receiver and a device, which is arranged on the mobile base, for moving the load-receiver in relation to the... | 01/19/2010 |
| RE39997 | Fork lift apparatus adapted to be coupled to a truck or trailer A fork lift with retractably extendable loading prongs for lifting loads from either side of a vehicle. The fork lift includes a mechanism for displacing the prongs over and across the vehicle, which mechanism has front and rear transverse girders which can be rigid... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7308972 | Suspended load carrier apparatus for a forklift vehicle A fabricated metal carrier apparatus includes a carrier member having downwardly facing parallel spaced channels for receiving the forwardly projecting parallel forks of a forklift truck or vehicle. The carrier member has a rotatable vertical shaft located between t... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7153081 | Self-propelled carriage An article transfer method using a self-propelled carriage capable of supporting an article and travelling along a fixed path is provided in which an article supporting body forming a final operating section is turned without performing lateral movement and with mak... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7040411 | BOP handling system Methods and apparatus for handling blowout preventer stacks. In one embodiment the handling system includes a cart, or skid, providing a base platform, a tilting frame, and a lifting frame. The stack is attached to the lifting frame, which is slidingly supported by ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6758649 | Fork lift attachment A fork lift truck attachment having side shiftable forks which can be adjusted for side loading and which can be tilted fore and aft laterally. ... | 07/06/2004 |
| 5915912 | Fork lift apparatus adapted to be coupled to a truck or trailer A fork lift with retractably extendable loading prongs for lifting loads from either side of a vehicle. The fork lift includes a mechanism for displacing the prongs over and across the vehicle, which mechanism has front and rear transverse girders which c... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5688102 | Tree moving and planting apparatus A hydraulic lift attachment is connected to the lift arms of a loading vehicle, and includes a base plate with a pair of brackets thereon for pivotal attachment to the lift arms of the loading vehicle. A first jaw member is rigidly connected to the base p... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5582502 | Fork lift attachment for a vehicle A fork lift attachment is provided for attachment to a conventional snowplow lifting apparatus on the front of a vehicle, such as a pickup truck. The forklift attachment includes a frame configured to be operably mounted to the snowplow lifting apparatus ... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5403142 | Pallet handling adjustable conveyor A material handling adjustable conveyor comprising an adjustable boom, and front-end material handling device with four degrees of freedom to allow loads to be lifted and rotated into position and placed or removed from an over-the-road vehicle or unloade... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5391038 | Pallet handling adjustable conveyor A material handling adjustable conveyor comprising an adjustable boom, and front-end material handling device with four degrees of freedom to allow loads to be lifted and rotated into position and placed or removed from an over-the-road vehicle or unloade... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5174708 | Boom mounted multiple stage freight lift apparatus A freight manipulation includes a tracked chassis with an articulated cantilever boom extending therefrom which is capable of swinging about a horizontal tilt axis. A tool carriage, mounted at the end of the boom by a multiple stage lift mast, has a pair ... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5123803 | Stern drive handling device A stern drive handling device includes a wheeled lower support frame and an extensible upper support frame telescopically mounted on the lower support frame. A horizontally disposed hollow sleeve is secured to the upper end of the upper support frame and ... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5088873 | Manipulator mixed freight handling system A mixed freight handling system, particularly for limited access areas such as an end-opening trailer at a dock, includes a telescoping conveyor overlapping a fixed conveyor and translatable into the trailer to receive hand liftable articles. A freight ma... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5011363 | Extend and retract control for fork lifts A fork extension and retraction system for use with stockpickers automatically extends and retracts hydraulically extendable forks of a stockpicker when the load handler carrying the forks has moved to its extended position on the load side of the vehicle... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4636131 | Side shifter and narrow aisle attachment for a lift truck An attachment for lift trucks to enable the truck to work in narrow aisles and manipulate loads in front of and to both sides of the truck without turning the truck. A side shifter which includes a pair of parallel moving arms for supporting the load in w... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4527943 | Load handling method and apparatus Method and apparatus for storing and retrieving loads increases usable warehouse storage space by allowing a load having a given length and width to be stored and retrieved from a narrow aisle while requiring less wasted space between adjacent stored load... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4470750 | Conveying apparatus A load-conveying apparatus provided with a load support device, a jib arm having the load support device mounted thereon and adapted to be swiveled relative thereto about a vertical axis, a guide frame having the jib arm extending therefrom in a cantileve... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4218170 | Front and side loading industrial lift truck An industrial truck includes a pair of forks mounted on a carrier at one end of a boom. The boom can be traversed in a constrained manner, one end of the boom following a D-shaped path, the boom having components of movement lengthways, fore and aft of th... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4144982 | Device at fork-equipped machine A fork lift frame that supports a pair of forks. Each fork has a vertical portion and a load supporting horizontal portion. A hinge assembly is attached to the vertical portion of each fork at an acute angle relative to the vertical portion of the forks s... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4128183 | Straddle-type lift truck with a apparatus for handling loads at the front and sides thereof A high density, high lift storage loader having facilities for sideloading, floor loading and front loading a standard beam-type pallet rack and also having a capability of providing means for order picking adjacent the operation. The arrangement provides... | 12/05/1978 |
| 3998345 | Side loader for fork lift trucks A side loader for use with fork lift trucks or the like having a support frame and a rotatable frame mounted on the support frame for rotation with respect to the support frame about a vertical axis. A reach apparatus is mounted at its inner end upon the ... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3998346 | Material handling apparatus The fork carriage of a side-loader truck is journalled for rotation about a vertical axis between two arms, one above and one below the carriage, which transmit lateral load moments to a narrow vertical member. A vertically-extending torque shaft journall... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3984019 | Lift truck side loading attachment particularly adaptable for handling elongate loads A lift truck load handling attachment adaptable particularly for transporting an elongate load longitudinally of said truck and having means for transversely extending the load forks to one side or the other of the truck in order to pick up or deposit the... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3937346 | Movable stacking device A moveable stacking device having a mobile substructure which carries a tower with a fixed outer frame and an inner frame guided by the outer frame for vertical movement relative thereto. An operating platform is guided by the inner frame for vertical mov... | 02/10/1976 |
