Patent ID: 8257008
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: B66F

Abstract:
1. A method of retrieving a spilled article, the method comprising the steps of: (i) providing a vehicle that has forks and a driving deck from which an operator drives the vehicle from one location in a warehouse to another location in the warehouse; (ii) providing a removable platform that has: (iii) making a loader by removably positioning the platform on the forks of the order selector so that the egress side faces the order selector; (iv) driving the loader from its original location to a new location in the warehouse; (v) having the operator step over the egress side of the operating deck directly from the driving deck onto the operating deck without stepping onto the floor of the warehouse; (vi) raising the operating deck; (vii) extending the extended platform from the service side into a location near the spilled article; and (viii) having the operator move over the service side of the operating deck onto the extended platform and retrieving the spilled article while standing on the extended platform.