Lift truck base

A ratcheting mounting device, comprising:

• a substantially rigid ratchet base formed with a first gear surface projected above a foot portion and having a first set of radial gear teeth arranged thereon, the foot portion being structured with a means for securing the ratchet base to an external surface;
• a substantially rigid arm appendage formed with opposite first and second spaced apart ends;
• a substantially rigid ratcheting coupler formed on the first end of the arm appendage, the ratcheting coupler comprising a pair of second gear surfaces arranged in axial alignment on opposite sides of the first end of the arm appendage, each of the pair of second gear surfaces further comprising a second set of cooperating radial gear teeth arranged thereon for alternately orienting the arm appendage relative to the foot portion of the base in different stepwise angular orientations;
• a plurality of mounting plate appendages arranged on the second end of the arm appendage, the plurality of mounting plate comprising respective substantially planar mounting surfaces being spaced apart opposite surfaces of the second end of the arm appendage and oriented substantially transverse of the pair of second gear surfaces of the ratcheting coupler;
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• a clamping mechanism structured for constraining the first and an alternate one of the second gear surfaces of the respective base and ratcheting coupler in a plurality different angular relationships.

A ratcheting mounting device, comprising:

• a ratchet base formed with a first set of gear teeth, and being further formed with a means for securing the base to an external surface;
• a ratcheting coupler formed with a pair of second sets of gear teeth in axial alignment on opposite sides thereof and each being structured to cooperate with the first set of gear teeth, each of the second sets of gear teeth being structured for alternately orienting the ratcheting coupler relative to the first set of gear teeth of the ratchet base in different stepwise angular orientations;
• an arm appendage projected from the ratcheting coupler substantially parallel to the pair of second sets of gear teeth on opposite sides thereof, the arm appendage further comprising a pair of mounting platforms at an end thereof distal from the ratcheting coupler and the pair of second sets of gear teeth thereof, each of the pair of mounting platforms being spaced apart on opposite surfaces of the distal end thereof from the ratcheting coupler and oriented substantially transverse of the pair of second sets of gear teeth on opposite sides thereof;
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• a threaded fastener alternately constraining each of the second sets of gear teeth in a selected angular relationship with the first set of gear teeth.