Patent ID: 7648325

Claim:
A stacker vehicle comprising: a mobile base, an operator cab, a load-receiver, and a device moving the load receiver in relation to the mobile base, wherein said device includes: a mast, a lifting device on which the cab is arranged, wherein the lifting device is supported by the mast and guided for vertical movement along the mast, a main pivot bearing arrangement, and a multi-element articulating arm supporting and moving the load-receiver in relation to the mobile base, wherein said multi-element articulating arm is articulated on the mast by said main pivot bearing arrangement to pivot about a normally vertical pivot axis of said main pivot bearing arrangement, wherein arm elements of said multi-element articulating arm are pivotably connected to one another by respective pivot bearings each having a vertical pivot axis such that the arm elements are movable in relation to one another to manipulate the load receiver and a proximal arm of said arm elements is attached to said main pivot bearing, and wherein the normally vertical pivot axis of said main pivot bearing arrangement is in alignment with the cab, and wherein the cab is above an articulation point of the main pivot bearing arrangement and above at least a portion of the proximal arm.