Patent ID: 8585344

Claim:
An adjustable width pallet and product protector for mounting on a front of a lift truck having a first outer L-shaped fork, a first inner L-shaped fork, a second outer L-shaped fork, and a second inner L-shaped fork, comprising: a first horizontally elongated plate; a second horizontally elongated plate disposed rearwardly of the first horizontally elongated plate, wherein the first horizontally elongated plate and the second horizontally elongated plate are disposed in front of the first outer L-shaped fork, the first inner L-shaped fork, the second outer L-shaped fork, and the second inner L-shaped fork; a first outer mounting plate disposed rearwardly of and coupled to the first horizontally elongated plate; a first inner mounting plate disposed rearwardly of and slidably coupled to the first horizontally elongated plate; a second outer mounting plate disposed rearwardly of and coupled to the second horizontally elongated plate; and a second inner mounting plate disposed rearwardly of and slidably coupled to the second horizontally elongated plate; as the distance between the first outer L-shaped fork and the first inner L-shaped fork increases, the first horizontally elongated plate translates laterally so as to provide an impact surface forwardly of and between the first outer L-shaped fork and the first inner L-shaped fork; and as the distance between the second outer L-shaped fork and the second inner L-shaped fork increases, the second horizontally elongated plate translates laterally so as to provide an impact surface forwardly of and between the second outer L-shaped fork and the second inner L-shaped fork.