Patent ID: 6641355
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: B66F,F15B

Abstract:
A materials handling lift truck capable of being attached onto the back of a carrier vehicle, said truck having a generally U-shaped frame formed by two spaced apart parallel longitudinal members and a rear transverse member, a motive power unit, two front wheels, a steerable rear wheel, an operator's station, anda lifting device comprising a telescopic arm, having at least one slidable section and a lift cylinder, mounted such that, by activating the lift cylinder, the telescopic arm pivots about a relatively horizontal axis which is located approximately centrally and rearwardly of the U-shaped frame; and wherein the operator's station is located on one side of the lift truck and the motive power unit is located approximately centrally at the rear of the U-shaped frame adjacent to the operator's station, such that when the telescopic arm is in a retracted and lowered position, as in the transport of a load, or attached onto the back of a carrier vehicle, it is approximately centrally located above both the rear steerable wheel and the motive power unit and adjacent the operator's station.