Patent ID: 9663337
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: B66F

Claim:
1. A method of manufacturing a fork carriage comprising: providing a fork-supporting bar having first and second fork-receiving hooks, wherein the second fork-receiving hook is of a larger size in cross-section than the first fork-receiving hook taken in a vertical cross-section through both the first and second fork-receiving hooks perpendicular to a lateral direction on the fork-supporting bar; based on a size of one or more forks desired to be mounted on the fork-supporting bar, positioning the fork-supporting bar such that one of the first and second fork-receiving hooks corresponding to the size of the one or more forks is located outwardly to receive the one or more forks on the one fork-receiving hook; and immovably fixing a laterally extending reinforcement bar to a first side of the fork-supporting bar opposite a second side of the fork-supporting bar near the one fork-receiving hook.