Quotables
"Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza."
Dave Barry
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7984793 | Mast construction for a lift truck A mast includes a base section, an outer telescopic section and an inner telescopic section which are raised and lowered by a pair of main lift cylinders. A fork carriage is slidably mounted to the inner telescopic section and is raised and lowered thereon by a pair... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7398859 | Mast construction for a lift truck A mast includes a base section, an outer telescopic section and an inner telescopic section which are raised and lowered by a pair of main lift cylinders. A fork carriage is slidably mounted to the inner telescopic section and is raised and lowered thereon by a pair... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7320385 | Camera lifting apparatus and cargo handling operation aiding apparatus in industrial vehicle and industrial vehicle A camera lifting apparatus is used in an industrial vehicle equipped with a cargo handling apparatus for lifting a cargo carrying carriage up and down along a mast provided on a vehicle body. The carriage has a cargo carrying apparatus. The camera lifting apparatus ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7255202 | Truck mounted forklift with double-acting freelift mast A forklift truck for mounting on the rear of a carrying vehicle comprises a u-shaped chassis having a crossbar and a pair of side bars mounted at the ends of the crossbar and projecting forwardly therefrom. A wheel is located adjacent the free end of each of the sid... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7219769 | Industrial vehicle equipped with load handling operation control apparatus A load handling operation control apparatus for an industrial vehicle, which has a load carrying apparatus provided movably on a vehicle body, is provided. A load carrying apparatus 2 is positioned with a load handling target 41, 42 according to its mo... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7204338 | Handle knob for industrial vehicle A steering wheel mounted on a forklift 1 is provided with a steering wheel knob 17 which can be operated with one hand holding it. The steering wheel knob 17 has an approximately egg-like shape with switches 46, 47 provided on its end fac... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7188709 | Extendable mast structure for a fork-lift truck An extractable mast structure for a fork-lift truck, including an outer mast fixed to the carriage, the spaced columns being interconnected via upper and lower traverses, an extractable inner mast guided by said outer mast on which a load-carrying means is guided to... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7175000 | Lifting truck with displaceable masts and balancing cylinder A lifting truck with a telescoping mast and a balancing cylinder is disclosed. The stages of the mast are each constructed with three vertical beams. A mechanism for extending the mast are contained in or near the side beams. The balancing cylinder exerts an upward ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7142967 | Features of main control computer for a power machine The present invention is directed to a computer based control system for controlling hydraulic and electromechanical actuators on a power machine, such as a skid steer loader. The computer based control system is configured to implement a number of features to enhan... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7134527 | Forklift upright assembly A mast apparatus that includes a cross member assembly that permits an operator to see through portions of the assembly is provided. The cross member assembly includes upper and lower horizontal members that are slanted for general alignment with the line of sight o... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7121384 | Truck mast A two- or multi-stage mast-hydraulic cylinder construction (4, 5) for a truck mast, and method for manufacturing the intergrated structer (4, 5), are discloused. The fixed mast assembly has its substantially vertical beams (4, 5) and its cylinde... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7096999 | Mast construction for a lift truck A mast includes a base section, an outer telescopic section and an inner telescopic section which are raised and lowered by a pair of main lift cylinders. A fork carriage is slidably mounted to the inner telescopic section and is raised and lowered thereon by a pair... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7070225 | Industrial truck with a lateral frame opening and a frame-reinforcing door An industrial truck, such as a counterweight fork-lift truck, has a vehicle frame (1) with a frame portion (2) configured to receive a battery block. The frame portion (2) has at least an upper frame opening (2a) and a lateral fram... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7051832 | Material handling vehicle with dual control handles A material handling vehicle includes first and second control handles positioned at opposing ends of an operator compartment. The first control handle is positioned adjacent the forks for driving the vehicle in a fore or forks first direction, and the second control... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7016765 | Method of handling a load A method of handling a load at a high desired load handling position using a mobile loading machine of the kind having a loading arm connected at one end to a body of the machine for movement at least about a generally horizontal axis between a lower travelling posi... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7010404 | Position control apparatus and position control method for cargo carrying apparatus in industrial vehicle A camera 19 picks up an image of a cargo handling target and acquires image data of a mark affixed to the cargo handling target. An image processing section 66 performs image recognition of the mark and acquires the position and size of the mark in a s... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6952488 | System and method for object localization A computer-assisted method for localizing a rack, including sensing an image of the rack, detecting line segments in the sensed image, recognizing a candidate arrangement of line segments in the sensed image indicative of a predetermined feature of the rack, generat... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6595329 | Forklift truck with a lifting device A forklift truck includes two driven front wheels, a lifting device, and at least one elevatable component. A flexible hydraulic line is wound up on a drum of the forklift truck. The hydraulic line connects the elevatable component with a non-elevatable c... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6547041 | Lifting device for a counterweight lift truck The present invention relates to a device at counterweight lift trucks (1) for giving the operator a substantially free field of view in the driving direction (F). A lifting device (11) comprises a vertically movable frame (13) which is mounted on a fixed... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6505710 | Mast apparatus for fork lift trucks A triple mast type, slide type full free lift mast comprises a mast combination composed of an inner mast member, a middle mast member and an outer mast member, a combination of a free lift cylinder and a lift cylinder provided for the mast combination, a... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6279686 | Attachment for flood and yarn trucks with a lift mast, especially for fork lift trucks Attachments for floor and yard trucks with a lift mast, especially for fork lift trucks, have a lift carriage (8) which has two side plates (9, 10) and two horizontal beams (12/14, 13) situated one over the other with a clearance ("h") between them, on wh... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6241454 | Lift truck vehicle, with a positioning means A lift truck vehicle (F) with a lift device (4) which comprises a positioning device (6) which is inclined with respect to the vertical. The positioning device (6) serves the setting up of the carrier fork (5) (or related device) independently of the lift... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6182797 | Enhanced visibility rider reach fork lift truck A fork lift truck is provided comprising: a power unit including an operator's compartment and at least one equipment compartment; a pair of forks; a fork carriage assembly coupled to the forks; and a mast assembly. The mast assembly is coupled to the for... | 02/06/2001 |
| 5758747 | Mast support for forklift A lift truck having a mast structure for supporting a liftable implement, a pair of lift cylinders for lifting the implement, and a mast support for supporting the mast structure on a front axle of a vehicle body. The mast structure includes a pair of mas... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5752583 | Industrial truck with a lifting framework An industrial truck having a lifting slide which is moveable up and down on a lifting framework is disclosed. The lifting framework is fixed to at least one vertical load chain by at least one chain connecting piece. The load chain is at least partly guid... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5586620 | Remote viewing apparatus for fork lift trucks A fork lift truck includes a fork level sensor located in the forks, away from the vertical mast of a lift truck for detecting the true level of the forks, and a vision system including a camera which may take several forms. In one form, a single camera i... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5401134 | Telescoping apparatus for lifting and discharging of containers A lifting apparatus for containers of a flowable material which comprises a base member, a first elongated tubular column, a second elongated tubular column, a container support, and a lifting and lowering assembly. The lifting and lowering assembly is ho... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5201629 | Container transporter A self-propelled, counterbalanced, container transporter vehicle having a frame, a counterweight supported at the rear, an elevating upright, carriage pick-up and lift frame assembly for lifting, transporting and stacking containers in which a tower struc... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5000293 | Upright for lift truck A lift truck upright having a fixed upright section, one or more telescopic upright sections supported outwardly and rearwardly of the fixed section and a load carrier mounted from the outer telescopic section. The side upright rail assemblies are mounted... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4949816 | Upright for lift truck A lift truck upright having a fixed upright section, one or more telescopic upright sections supported outwardly and rearwardly of the fixed section and a load carrier mounted from the outer telescopic section. The side upright rail assemblies are mounted... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4919233 | Front rider lift truck A rider truck lift utilizes a see-through mast assembly and a forwardly positioned rider compartment to improve visibility of the load for the operator. The rider compartment is accessible from either side of the truck and comprises a low-rise deck which ... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4721187 | Lift truck mast structure The present invention provides an improved telescopic mast structure for a hydraulically operated lift truck. The mast structure of the present invention has reeved hydraulic hoses which do not obstruct the operators view and a chain connecting the inner ... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4703834 | Multiply extensible lift frames A multiply extensible lifting frame is provided having a standing mast and one or more middle and inner masts slidable relative to one another, at least one lifting press cylinder connected with the standing mast having a piston connected to the intermedi... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4691806 | Apparatus for taking up and playing out lines The invention comprises a mechanism for playing out and taking up a loop of an elongated, flexible line, such as an electrical power cable or a hydraulic hose line to maintain tension in the loop. More specifically, a housing is provided within which at l... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4657471 | Load lifting unit for a lift truck The present invention discloses a load lifting unit for a lift truck, and more particularly, an improved structure of a load lifting unit for a counterbalance type lift truck. In the invention, to increase the loading capacity and longitudinal stability o... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4635757 | Mast assembly for a forklift A forklift mast assembly for attachment to a self propelled vehicle includes a pair of outer masts horizontally spaced from each other, and a pair of inner masts disposed just inwardly of the outer masts for up and down rolling motion relative to the same... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4585093 | Upright for lift truck A lift truck upright having a fixed upright section, a telescopic upright section, and a load carrier mounted on the telescopic section. A pair of main lift cylinder assemblies are located adjacent opposite sides of the upright, and a second pair of relat... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4531615 | High-visibility mast assembly for lift trucks The mast assembly for a standard lift truck includes a lift system having a centrally-disposed hydraulic cylinder and a pair of chains mounted on the cylinder to selectively raise and lower a movable upright assembly on a fixed upright assembly and a carr... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4506764 | Lift truck A lift truck has a lifting mast and a lifting cylinder arrangement, which is located either in front of or behind an upright of the mast and defines a dead angle for the operator of the vehicle in the operator's station. A load chain is connected to a cen... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4505635 | Load lifting unit for a lift truck The present invention relates to a load lifting unit for a lift truck, and more particularly, a load lifting unit for a counterbalance type lift truck. In the invention, to increase the loading capacity and longitudinal stability of the lift truck as well... | 03/19/1985 |
