Patent ID: 8297408

Claim:
A stabilizer for material handling equipment, comprising: a base mount having a back plate for mounting to the material handling equipment, and extending ears each having an aperture for receiving a base mount pivot pin; a main frame pivotally attached to the base mount by the base mount pivot pin, the main frame including first and second arms connected by a bridge portion, the first and second arms being pivotally attached to the base mount, each of the first and second arms further including a centrally positioned aperture, a main frame pivot pin passing through each centrally positioned aperture; a release lever having first and second legs each including an offset aperture therethrough, the release lever being pivotally attached to the main frame by the main frame pivot pin passing through each offset aperture, each of the legs including a floor-engaging end and being connected distally of said floor-engaging end to a plate defining a user-engageable end of the release lever; and a magnet connected to the main frame; wherein the main frame is biased upwardly by a main frame positioning spring; and wherein the main frame positioning spring is a torsion spring carried on the base mount pivot pin.