Patent ID: 6533526
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: B66F

Abstract:
An accessory arrangement for a fork lift truck adapted to enable relative movement between a plurality of fork members carried on the fork lift truck in a substantially vertical direction, said fork lift truck accessory arrangement comprising:at least one displacement accommodating means detachably mountable on a fork lift rack of a carrying fork lift truck, said displacement accommodating means configured to be interconnected between a fork lift rack and a fork member and for permitting displacement of the fork member in a substantially vertical direction relative to the fork lift rack in response to an outside force acting on an attached fork member; a coupling means for detachably connecting said displacement accommodating means to the fork lift rack; a body portion of said displacement accommodating means having at least one elongate opening that is substantially vertically oriented when said displacement accommodating means is mounted upon the fork lift rack; and a free-floating pin reciprocatingly received in said elongate opening and one of said fork members being attached thereupon and said displacement accommodating means further adapted for permitting said pin to be displaced relative to said fork lift rack in response to an outside force acting on a load carrying portion of said attached fork member.