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US 9,809,434 B2Granted
Cart/pallet system
AssigneeCrown Equipment Corporation
InventorsDaniel C. Magoto, Daniel W. Kahlig, Steven R. Pulskamp, Benjamin J. Purrenhage, Mark J. Sherman
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Abstract
An improved cart and pallet system and an improved compactly stackable pallet for use in the system are disclosed. The improved pallet has a central support extending beneath the pallet with channels on either side of the support. The support and channels are engaged by a ledged, generally U-shaped deck of a cart or pallet truck of the application.
Claims13
A pallet truck comprising:
- a frame supported upon a plurality of wheels and having a front and a rear, the frame comprising a chassis weldment;
- a control housing extending upwardly from the rear of the frame;
- a mast assembly comprising a lower portion that is mounted within a forward portion of the control housing and an upper portion extending above the control housing;
- a deck shaped to receive a corresponding pallet, the deck being cantilever and moveably supported from the mast assembly and extending over the frame from the mast assembly to the front of the frame;
- a pair of generally L-shaped control handles extending generally vertically upward from a rear of the control housing and then generally horizontally toward the mast assembly, one control handle located on either side of the pallet truck, wherein a lower end of each of the control handles is connected to the control housing and an upper end of each of the control handles is connected to the chassis weldment of the frame;
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- a control bar extending between the control handles, wherein the control bar is mounted at the upper end of the control handles.
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A pallet truck comprising:
- a frame supported upon a plurality of wheels and having a front and a rear, the frame comprising a chassis weldment;
- a control housing extending upwardly from the rear of the frame;
- a mast assembly comprising a lower portion that is mounted within a forward portion of the control housing and an upper portion extending above the control housing;
- a deck shaped to receive a corresponding pallet, the deck being cantilever and moveably supported from the mast assembly and extending over the frame from the mast assembly to the front of the frame;
- a pair of generally L-shaped control handles extending generally vertically upward from a rear of the control housing and then generally horizontally toward the mast assembly, one control handle located on either side of the pallet truck, wherein a lower end of each of the control handles is connected to the control housing and an upper end of each of the control handles is connected to the chassis weldment of the frame;
- a control bar extending between the control handles, wherein the control bar is mounted at the upper end of the control handles;
- a deck lift and lower control housing coupled to the control bar, wherein the deck lift and lower control housing is centered on the control bar;
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- a brake control mounted in at least one of the control handles, wherein the brake control extends vertically along at least a portion of the at least one of the control handles.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.