Patent ID: 7641011
Filing Date: 2010-01-05
Classification: B62B

Abstract:
1. A pallet jack adapted for lifting and moving a pallet comprising: a frame; a wheeled truck pivotally coupled to the frame; an extensible jack mounted intermediate the wheeled truck and the frame and adapted for raising and lowering the frame relative to the wheeled truck; a left-side prong including a proximal end and a distal end, including a load roller mounted to said prong proximate said distal end; a left-side prong bracket shiftably connecting said proximal end of said left-side prong for translational movement along said frame; a right-side prong including a proximal end and a distal end, including a load roller mounted to said prong proximate said distal end; a right-side prong bracket shiftably connecting said proximal end of said right-side prong for translational movement along said frame; said frame including a drive member operative for simultaneously shifting said left-side and right-side prongs alternately toward and away from each other in a shifting direction while maintaining said left-side prong substantially parallel to said right-side prong and both of said prongs substantially perpendicular to said shifting direction.