Patent ID: 7632054

Claim:
A forklift truck adapted to be mounted on a carrying vehicle, the forklift truck comprising: a U-shaped chassis comprising a rear crossbar and a pair of side bars mounted at either end of the rear crossbar and projecting forwardly therefrom; a plurality of ground engaging wheels on the chassis; a mast carriage slidably mounted on the chassis between the side bars and movable towards and away from the rear crossbar; means to move the mast carriage towards and away from the rear crossbar; an upright mast mounted on the mast carriage; a pair of load carrying forks mounted on the upright mast; means for altering the reach of the forks relative to the upright mast to remove and place loads on a raised platform; and a platform engaging load rest support, the platform engaging load rest support comprising a substantially upright bar mounted directly on the mast carriage independent of the upright mast, the substantially upright bar having a platform engaging contact surface for engagement against a substantially vertical, external facing surface of the raised platform.