Apparatus for mounting a forklift vehicle on a carrier vehicle
AssigneeBrouwer Turf Equipment Limited
InventorsGerardus J. Brouwer, William T. Arnold
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Abstract
A forklift vehicle is mounted on the rear of a carrier vehicle with the front pneumatic tires of the forklift vehicle received in wheel pockets on the carrier vehicle, and with telescopic links suspending the rear of the forklift vehicle from the rear of the carrier vehicle. The pneumatic tires of the forklift vehicle act as a prime shock absorbing device, absorbing much of the vibration during road travel, thus reducing damage to the forklift vehicle.
Claims13
Attachment means for removably mounting on the rear end of a carrier vehicle, a forklift vehicle of the kind having a frame and a pair of resilient front wheels mounted on said frame, said attachment means comprising:
- (a) a pair of wheel pockets, one mounted at each side of said carrier vehicle, each wheel pocket being shaped to receive and support a said front wheel and to limit downward, upward and forward movement of such front wheel,
- (b) and a pair of links, each link being adapted to be pivotally connected at a first pivotal connection to said carrier vehicle and to be pivotally connected at a second pivotal connection to said frame of said forklift vehicle with said links being spaced laterally apart, and being of a length to extend between said pivotal connections when said front wheels are received in said wheel pockets, so that as said carrier vehicle bounces during travel, said forklift vehicle may pivot about said first and second pivotal connections, the resilience of said front wheels acting to cushion said pivoting of said forklift vehicle.
In combination,
- (1) a forklift vehicle having:
- (a) forks having a pair of tines facing forwardly for supporting a pallet,
- (b) a frame
- (c) a fork carriage,
- (d) means mounting said fork carriage on said frame for movement forwardly and rearwardly between an extended outer position and a retracted inner position,
- (e) means mounting said forks on said fork carriage and for raising and lowering said forks,
- (f) a pair of resilient front wheels, one mounted on each side of said frame at the front thereof,
- (2) a carrier vehicle having a pair of wheel pockets, one mounted at each side of said carrier vehicle, each wheel pocket being shaped to receive and support a said front wheel of said forklift vehicle and to limit downward, upward and frontward movement of such front wheel,
- (3) a pair of links each having a first end and a second end,
- (4) a first pair of pivotal connection means for pivotally connecting said first ends of said links to said carrier vehicle at the rear of said carrier vehicle, and a pair of second pivotal connection means for pivotally connecting said second ends of said links to said frame of said forklift vehicle at the rear of said forklift vehicle with said links being spaced laterally apart, one at each side of said forklift vehicle.
- so that as said carrier vehicle bounces during travel, said forklift vehicle may pivot about said first and second pivotal connection means, the resilience of said wheel acting to cushion said pivoting of said forklift vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.