Patent ID: 6241454
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: B66F

Abstract:
A lift truck vehicle comprisingan operating unit for a driver,wheels with rotating axles, including at least one front wheel mounted neighboring an end-face side of the operating unit,at least one lift mast which is mounted behind a rotating axle of at least one front wheel in a direction towards the vehicle center, anda lift unit for lifting a carrier device in a vertical direction along said lift mast, whereinsaid carrier device is fastened to and lies in a plane at approximately a right angle to the lift unit by way of a positioning means,said lift mast is mounted laterally displaced to one side of a longitudinal center plane of the vehicle and in front of said operating unit, andthe positioning means, in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, has a larger extension than in a vertical direction and in its longitudinal direction is forwardly and downwardly inclined at an angle to a vertical axis of the lift mast in order to enhance forward visibility of the driver.