Upright of a lift truck

An upright of a lift truck having a main extension along a vertical direction and comprising a unit for picking up a load;

• the upright comprises a fixed section and at least one movable section relative to the fixed section;
• the fixed section comprises a first profile and a second profile, having a main extension along the vertical direction positioned parallel to each other;
• the first profile and the second profile each have at least a rear wall and an outer side wall,
• the rear wall of each between the first profile and the second profile is designed to face a driver's cab of a lift truck;
• the outer side wall of each between the first profile and the second profile is a free wall facing towards the outside environment;
• the fixed section comprises at least one element for connecting the first profile and the second profile positioned close to a free upper end of the upright,
• the connecting element has a C-shaped profile comprising a main body, positioned facing the rear walls of the first profile and second profile, and
• a first arm and a second arm, parallel to each other, which extend from a respective portion of the main body transversally to it,
• the first arm and the second arm are connected, respectively, to the first profile and to the second profile in respective coupling zones;
• the upright is characterised in that the first arm and the second arm are positioned relative to the first profile and to the second profile in such a way that the direction of extension of the first arm and of the second arm defines an acute angle “θ” with the vertical direction of extension of the first profile and of the second profile and in that the main body is positioned at a height higher than the coupling zones (61, 62) of the first arm to the first profile and of the second arm to the second profile.