Patent ID: 8632082

Claim:
A pallet truck comprising: a cab; a vertical load plate on a front end of the cab; at least one fork extending outwards from a lower end of said vertical load plate in a substantially horizontal direction for insertion into an opening in a pallet, with the pallet including a bottom deck, a top deck and support blocks coupled between the bottom and top decks to define the opening; a load wheel coupled to said at least one fork and configured for lifting said at least one fork and said vertical load plate; a lift sensor assembly carried by said at least one fork and adjacent said load wheel, and comprising a housing section, and a primary sensor assembly comprising a first primary arm coupled to said housing section, and a first primary contact switch carried by said housing section and adjacent said first primary arm, said first primary contact switch having an engaged position and a disengaged position based on position of said first primary arm; and a lift status display configured for determining a lift condition of said load wheel based on position of said first primary contact switch.