Patent ID: 8627925
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: B66F,E04G

Abstract:
1. A work platform for use with a lift truck, the work platform including: a base, at least one guard rail supported by the base, and a guard barrier, the base, the guard rail and the guard barrier defining an enclosure; an adjustable barrier operably coupled to the guard barrier, the adjustable barrier comprising a first structure surrounding a second structure; means for movement of the adjustable barrier between a substantially vertical position and a substantially horizontal position upon contacting an overhead structure, wherein the adjustable barrier is moveable between a substantially vertical position and a substantially horizontal position and is operable as a shelf when the adjustable barrier is in the substantially horizontal position; and a door moveably coupled to the at least one guard rail, the door having a closed configuration that closes an access opening into the enclosure and an open configuration that exposes the access opening into the enclosure whether the adjustable barrier is in the substantially vertical position or the substantially horizontal position.