Patent ID: 6152264
Filing Date: 2000-11-28
Classification: B66F

Abstract:
A work platform for use with a lift truck, said work platform comprising:(a) a generally rectangular center platform having, in sequence, a center platform front side, a center platform first end, a center platform rear side, and a center platform second end; said center platform front side and said center platform first end meeting at a first corner and said center platform front side and said center platform second end meeting at a second corner; and(b) first and second wing platforms respectively hingedly secured to said center platform at said first and said second corners, respectively, for 180 degree hinged movement with respect to said center platform about a first and a second vertical axis, respectively; each said wing platform having, in sequence, a wing front side, a wing first end, a wing rear side, and a wing second end;said first wing platform having a first wing extended position in which its entire wing first end is adjacent said center platform first end, and said first wing platform having a first wing transport position, 180 degrees hingedly pivoted from said first wing extended position about said first vertical axis, in which its entire wing front side is adjacent said center platform front side;said second wing platform having a second wing extended position in which its entire wing first end is adjacent said center platform second end, and said second wing platform having a second wing transport position, 180 degrees hingedly pivoted from said second wing extended position about said second vertical axis, in which its entire wing front side is adjacent said center platform front side; first and second wing extension latch means for respectively securing said first and second wing platforms respectively in said first and second extended positions with respective third and forth corners of the center platform being latched to respective adjacent corners of the first and second wing platforms in said extended position; and first and second wing transport latch means for respectively securing said first and second wing platforms respectively in said first and second transport positions, said wing platforms having diametrically opposed corners to respective said adjacent corners, said diametrically opposed corners being latched to the front side of the center platform when in said transport positions.