High mount sensor assembly movably affixed to an industrial materials handling vehicle

An industrial materials handling vehicle comprising a vehicle body supported by a steer wheel assembly and a plurality of wheel assemblies, a bumper coupled to the vehicle body, and a sensor accommodating bumper mount mounted to the vehicle body, the bumper, or both, wherein the vehicle body and the bumper cooperate to define a steer wheel access opening, and wherein the sensor accommodating bumper mount further comprises:

• a bumper mount housing coupled to a body panel of the vehicle body, the bumper mount housing comprising a complementary steer wheel access opening;
• a sensor assembly mount removably mounted to the body panel of the vehicle body, the bumper mount housing, or both;
• a sensor assembly movably mounted to the sensor assembly mount, wherein the sensor assembly and the sensor assembly mount is positioned above the steer wheel access opening and the complementary steer wheel access opening relative to a horizontal operating plane defined by the materials handling vehicle when the sensor assembly mount is mounted to the body panel of the vehicle body, the bumper mount housing, or both, to provide unobstructed access to the steer wheel assembly through the steer wheel access opening and the complementary steer wheel access opening.