US 12,006,197 B1 · Load handler for lift truck with segmented channel bearings, wing gussets, padded slave fork stops and backrest guards

Abstract

A clamp assembly for a lift truck load handler comprising a frame with one or more guide channels and one or more load handler appendages such as forks or clamp arms. The appendages are coupled to arms, each slidingly inserted in one of the guide channels. The guide channels each have a segmented channel bearing set inserted therein. The load handler also includes a wing gusset that is coupled to an appendage and to an actuator. The load handler also includes one or more backrests and one or more backrest guards, each backrest guard slidingly coupled to one of the backrests and configured to be slid enough to cover a bottom forward edge of the backrest and a top forward edge of the fork coupled to the backrest.

Claims13

Dependent claims

A load handler for a lift truck comprising:

a frame configured to be removeably coupled to a carriage of the lift truck;
a first master fork with a vertical portion and a horizontal portion;
a first upper arm coupled to the first master fork and slidingly coupled to the frame;
a first lower arm coupled to the first master fork and slidingly coupled to the frame;
a first wing gusset disposed laterally outboard of the first master fork, the first wing gusset coupled to the vertical portion of the first master fork;
and
a first actuator coupled to the frame and to the first wing gusset.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/842,733Filed 7 Apr 2020 · us provisional application

Priority

7 Apr 2019

Granted

11 Jun 2024

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification3 codes

B66F 9/148
Whole unit including fork support moves relative to mast: whole unit including fork support moves sideways
B66F 9/18
Platforms; Forks; Other load supporting or gripping members: load gripping or retaining means
B66F
Hoisting, lifting, hauling or pushing, not otherwise provided for

Load handler for lift truck with segmented channel bearings, wing gussets, padded slave fork stops and backrest guards

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Load handler for lift truck with segmented channel bearings, wing gussets, padded slave fork stops and backrest guards

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Abstract

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