Glass handling lift truck

For use with a lift truck, a lift truck mechanism for handling glass sheets in packs comprising a glass pack lifting frame, gripping means at the sides of said lifting frame for engaging sides of a glass pack and support feet at the bottom of said lifting frame for supporting said glass pack, a framework of said mechanism for attachment to the lift mast of said truck, and further characterized by swinging frame means pivotally interengaging said framework and lifting frame to permit slewing and side-shifting movements of said lifting frame relative to said truck, first controllable motor means for effecting said side-shifting movement and second controllable motor means for effecting said slewing movement, said first motor means comprising first extendable-retractable hydraulic cylinder means effectively interengaging said framework and said swinging frame means, said second motor means comprising second extendable-retractable hydraulic cylinder means effectively interengaging said lifting frame and said swinging frame means, said swinging frame means including a first pair of oppositely disposed swingable frame members swingably engaged to said framework on opposite sides thereof and a second pair of oppositely disposed swingable frame members swingably interengaging distal ends of said first pair with said lifting frame, whereby said lifting frame may be controllably positioned both angularly and laterally relative to said truck for picking up and depositing glass sheets.