Forklift cab enclosure system
AssigneeLDS Holdings LLC
InventorsJustin L. Eaton, Justin Vanover
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Abstract
An enclosure for an overhead guard that includes a door mounting post clamped to one vertical post, a door panel mounted on the door mounting post and clamped to a second vertical post and a front windshield clamped to the second vertical post and a third vertical post, where the front windshield and the door panel do not share any attachment points and are not coupled to each other and where both the front windshield and door panel can be coupled to the overhead guard without modifying the overhead guard.
Claims19
An enclosure for a land vehicle with an overhead guard that includes a first, second, third and fourth vertical post and a first and second horizontal post, the enclosure comprising:
- a first mounting post adapted to couple to the first vertical post of the overhead guard with a first clamp that clamps against a first side of the first vertical post and a second clamp that clamps against a second side of the first vertical post, opposite the first side;
- a first door panel adapted to mount on the first mounting post, wherein the first door panel comprises an outer frame that defines a first opening, a first door hingably mounted on the first door panel, and a third clamp that clamps the outer frame to the fourth vertical post, wherein the first door is adapted to move between a closed position and an opened position and wherein, in the closed position, the first door covers the first opening;
- a front windshield assembly comprising a front windshield, a fourth clamp that clamps the front windshield assembly to the fourth vertical post and a fifth clamp that clamps the front windshield assembly to the third vertical post;
- wherein the front windshield assembly does not share any attachment points with the first door panel and is not coupled to the first door panel;
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- wherein the first door panel and the front windshield assembly are adapted to be coupled to the overhead guard without modifying the overhead guard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.