Patent ID: 7249645

Claim:
An industrial truck, comprising: a vehicle frame comprising a frame portion with a lateral frame opening configured for receiving a battery block; and a door for covering the frame opening, the door pivotable outwardly about a substantially vertical axis of rotation, wherein the door is connected to the vehicle frame by a double hinge having first and second axes of rotation, with the second axis of rotation being set apart and parallel to the first axis of rotation and being alterable in its position when the door pivots about the first axis of rotation, wherein the first axis of rotation is arranged within a vehicle contour, wherein the door pivots about the first axis of rotation up to a first open position that is approximately at a right angle to a closed position, and wherein the door pivots around the second axis of rotation located outside the vehicle contour from the first open position to a second open position in which the door is at an angle approximately parallel with respect to the closed positions, wherein the double hinge includes an upper hinge element and a lower hinge element, each comprising an outer hinge frame, an inner hinge frame, a first hinge pin, and a second hinge pin, and wherein the first axis of rotation extends through the first hinge pin of the upper hinge element and the lower hinge element and the second axis of rotation extends through the second hinge pin of the upper hinge element and the lower hinge element.