Patent ID: 8517440

Claim:
A carton clamp arm assembly, comprising: (a) a clamp arm having an outer end; (b) a load stabilizer mounted on said outer end of said clamp arm and movable with respect to said clamp arm through at least a small angle about a vertical pivot axis extending through said outer end of said clamp arm; (c) a plurality of clamp pad support assemblies mounted on said load stabilizer, each of said clamp pad support assemblies being movable with respect to said load stabilizer about a respective vertical pivot axis, and said respective vertical pivot axes of at least two of said clamp pad assemblies being coaxial with each other; and (d) a carton clamp pad carried by said load stabilizer and attached thereto by said plurality of clamp pad support assemblies, at least one of said clamp pad support assemblies being adjustable to establish a selected distance within a range of distances between a related part of the carton clamp pad and said respective vertical pivot axis of said at least one of said clamp pad support assemblies.