Patent ID: 6572322
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: B60P,B66F

Abstract:
A mounting system for a truck mounted beverage handler of the type having a body and a pair of fork tines movable with respect to the body and mounted generally on the front of the body, the handler further having a pair of front wheels supported on the front of the body, the system designed for mounting the beverage handler to a trailer of the type having a frame extending forwardly from the rear wheels and a closable storage compartment disposed rearwardly of the rear wheels and the rearmost end of the frame, the storage compartment having a frontmost wall and a rearmost wall defining a storage space therebetween, the rearmost wall defining a rear wall of the trailer and being spaced from the rearmost end of the frame by a predetermined distance, the system comprising:a generally planar support frame configured for attachment to the rear wall of the trailer in a generally vertical orientation such that the support frame is spaced from the rearmost end of the frame of the trailer, the support frame having a forward face to be disposed against the rear wall of the trailer and an opposed rearward face; a pair of elongated fork tine receiving tubes having rear ends interconnected with the support frame and forward ends extending from the forward face of the frame such that when the frame is mounted against the rear wall of the trailer, the tubes extend into the rear of the trailer, the rear ends of the tubes having rearwardly facing fork tine receiving openings; and an elongated interconnection member having a first end configured for connection with the support frame and a second end configured for connection with the rearmost end of the track frame forward of the storage compartment such that the interconnection member extends through the storage compartment, the interconnection member having a length greater than the predetermined distance; wherein when the support frame is attached to the rear wall of the trailer and the second end of the interconnection member is connected with the rearmost end of the truck frame, the interconnection member extends through the storage compartment.