Wheel guard
AssigneeCrown Equipment Corporation
InventorsDaniel Kahlig, Liming Yue, Daniel Magoto
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Abstract
A wheel guard is provided for use on a material handling vehicle comprising a steering assembly, an axle extending through the steering assembly and a steer wheel mounted on the axle. The wheel guard may comprise: a front plate to be positioned adjacent to the steer wheel; an axle support coupled to and extending transverse to the front plate and comprising an axle aperture through which the vehicle axle is to be extended, the wheel guard to be rotatable about the axle; and a stop coupled to at least one of the front plate or the axle support to limit rotational movement of the wheel guard about the axle.
Claims21
A wheel guard for use on a material handling vehicle comprising a steering assembly, an axle extending through the steering assembly and a steer wheel mounted on the axle, the wheel guard comprising:
- a front plate to be positioned adjacent to the steer wheel;
- an axle support coupled to and extending transverse to the front plate and comprising an axle aperture through which the vehicle axle is to be extended, the wheel guard to be rotatable about the axle;
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- a stop coupled to at least one of the front plate or the axle support to limit rotational movement of the wheel guard about the axle, the stop configured to be movable toward or away from the steering assembly when the wheel guard rotates about the axle.
A combination comprising:
- a material handling vehicle comprising:
- a steering assembly;
- an axle extending through the steering assembly;
- a steer wheel mounted on the axle;
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- a wheel guard comprising:
- a front plate located adjacent to the steer wheel;
- an axle support coupled to and extending transverse to the front plate and comprising an axle aperture through which the axle extends, the wheel guard being rotatable about the axle;
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- a stop coupled to at least one of the front plate or the axle support to limit rotational movement of the wheel guard about the axle, the stop configured to be movable toward or away from the steering assembly when the wheel guard rotates about the axle.
A wheel guard for use on a material handling vehicle comprising a steering assembly, an axle extending through the steering assembly and first and second steer wheels mounted on the axle, the wheel guard comprising:
- a front plate to be positioned adjacent to the steer wheel;
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- an axle support coupled to and extending transverse to the front plate and comprising an axle aperture through which the vehicle axle is to be extended;
- wherein a width of the front plate is less than a width of the first and second steer wheels extending from an outer edge of the first steer wheel to an outer edge of the second steer wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.