Self propelled reaching-type mobile loader

A self propelled reaching type mobile loader including a mobile vehicle having a supporting frame at the front end thereof, with a cab enclosure, and motor means for operating the same, comprising

• a pair of laterally spaced pivot supports on said frame adjacent the top of said cab,
• a pair of pivoted supporting members each having an L-shaped construction comprising a pair of arms rigidly extending at an angle to each other,
• one of the arms on each of said supporting members being supported for pivotal movement on said pivot supports and having an initial position extending substantially horizontally along the top of said cab with the angularly extending arm extending substantially vertically downward a short distance from the top of and in front of said cab,
• a pair of supporting boom members supported one on each of said angularly extending arms of said supporting members, movable longitudinally thereof, and having a substantially fully vertically extended position in said initial position of said pivoted supporting members,
• load carrying supporting means supporting on the lower ends of said boom members,
• whereby said load carrying supporting means are positioned adjacent to the ground level on which the mobile vehicle is resting with said pivoted supporting members in said initial position and said boom members in said substantially fully vertically extended position,
• first actuating means connected to said pivoted supporting members for moving the same to pivot said boom members from said substantially vertical position to a predetermined elevated position, and
• second actuating means supported on said pivoted supporting members for extending and retracting said boom members longitudinally of said angularly extending arms in said initial position or in any pivoted position of said pivoted supporting members whereby a load may be lifted vertically in said initial position and extended horizontally from a fully pivoted position.