Patent ID: 9631341
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: E02F

Claim:
1. A method of automatically orientating a materials handling vehicle to a desired angle, the method including providing the vehicle with ground engaging transport means operably connected to a chassis of the vehicle, providing a first stabilizer towards a right hand side of the vehicle, the first stabilizer being selectively engageable with the ground to lift a right hand side of the chassis, providing a second stabilizer towards a left hand side of the vehicle, the second stabilizer being selectably engageable with ground to lift the left hand side of the chassis, providing a controller to control operation of the first and second stabilizers in response to an operator input, the method including the steps of positioning the vehicle on ground with the first and second stabilizers being disengaged from the ground such that the chassis is at an initial roll angle, providing a desired roll angle, providing an operator input to the controller requiring deployment of the stabilizers such that the controller simultaneously deploys the first and second stabilizers, wherein upon detection of a change in roll angle away from the desired roll angle caused by engagement of one of the stabilizers with the ground, the controller automatically stops deployment of said one of the stabilizers and continues deployment of the other of the stabilizers until the desired roll angle is achieved.