Patent ID: 7322444

Claim:
A fork-lift truck comprising: a mast, a load carrying fork, a pair of actuation drives, one being a lifting and lowering drive, and one being an inclination drive, an analog sensor, and a control device, wherein: the load-carrying fork is engaged to and supported by the mast and is adjustable in height by the lifting and lowering drive, the inclined position of the load-carrying fork is adjustable relative to a horizontal axis by the inclination drive, and the control device is in electrical communication with and regulates the actuation of the lifting and lowering drive and is in separate electrical communication with and separately regulates the inclination drive, said regulation comprises utilizing the analog sensor to detect the inclined position of the load-carrying fork relative to the horizontal axis and correspondingly emitting an inclination signal to the control device, the control device in turn processes the inclination signal and induces a coordinated actuation of both of the actuation drives such that they cause the load-carrying fork to be automatically moved to a predetermined position.