Patent ID: 6033177
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: B61D,B62D,B66F

Abstract:
A forklift attachment for towing behind a vehicle having a hitch assembly, comprising:a support carriage having a towing tongue with a forward end and a rearward end, the forward end of said towing tongue being adapted for attachment to the hitch assembly of the vehicle, a cross member coupled to the rearward end of the towing tongue, and a pair of laterally spaced arm members extending in a rearward direction from said cross member, each of said arm members having a rearward end, and a ground engaging means mounted to each of said arm members for engaging a ground surface;a pair of lifting arms each having a front end and a rear end, each of the front ends being pivotally mounted to the cross member of said support carriage and extending rearward from said cross member between said arm members, said lifting arms being laterally spaced from each other for positioning below portions of an article to be lifted;a pair of lifting devices for raising and lowering said lifting arms with respect to said support carriage; anda pair of tilting devices for tilting said lifting arms with respect to a ground surface on which the ground engaging means of said support carriage is engaged;wherein each of said lifting arms has adjacent elongate first and second portions, each of said first and second portions of each of said lifting arms having a longitudinal axis, said longitudinal axis of said first portion of each lifting arm being extended at an acute angle from said longitudinal axis of said second portion of the respective lifting arm.