Patent ID: 9278839
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: B62B,B66F,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A mast for a material handling vehicle that includes a body, a battery compartment, a locating apparatus, a steering mechanism with a steering handle, and a steerable drive wheel coupled to the body and controlled by the steering mechanism, the steerable drive wheel including a steering axis, the mast comprising: a first support member coupling to the body of the material handling vehicle and mounting the locating apparatus above the body of the material handling vehicle, the first support member including a portion of the first support member that projects at an angle towards a front of the material handling vehicle, the portion of the first support member that projects at an angle towards a front of the material handling vehicle configured such that a locating axis of the locating apparatus is coaxial with the steering axis and a mass of the locating apparatus is transferred to the material handling vehicle at a position behind the steering axis.