Patent ID: 6511080
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: B62B

Abstract:
A fork lift trolley, comprising:a frame with a pair of closely spaced pivot wheels with a union therebetween and attached to a front of the frame via a lateral plate, and a pair of support wheels attached to a rear of the frame; a handle to steer the pivot wheels being pivotal relative in two planes to the frame and attached to a bracket disposed above the lateral plate, and including a pressure release trigger sited at a top end of the handle; a pair of X-shaped braces slidingly mounted on the frame; a pair of forks respectively mounted on the pair of X-shaped braces; a hoist mechanism mounted to the frame and connecting the frame and the forks; a hydraulic pump with a return device being fitted to the bracket and abutting a bottom of the handle and actuable by at least downward pivoting of the handle; a hydraulic mechanism mounted to the bracket and connected to the union of the pivot wheels, such that the hydraulic mechanism is operable by the hydraulic pump to raise and lower the pair of forks; and a track device slidingly mounted between the frame and the hoist mechanism to guide movement between the hoist mechanism and the frame, whereby the fork lift trolley is easily maneuvered due to the close spacing of the pivot wheels and due to a longitudinal axis of the pivot wheels being close to a longitudinal axis of the hydraulic mechanism, the fork lift trolley is securely operable due to the track device between the hoist mechanism and the frame, and the hydraulic mechanism is easily de-activated by the pressure release trigger being conveniently sited on the handle.