Patent ID: 7988405

Claim:
A pallet jack, comprising: a left tine, a center tine, and a right tine, each having a substantially similar length and a longitudinal axis, wherein the left, center, and right tines are substantially parallel with respect to each other, and wherein the center tine has a width that is about two times as wide as a corresponding width of each of the left tine and right tine, such that the pallet jack is configured to lift a first pallet and a second pallet in a side-by-side configuration on the left tine, center tine, and right tine, wherein the left pallet rests upon the left tine and a left portion of the center tine, and the right pallet rests upon the right tine and a right portion of the center tine; said center tine being monolithic and, in cross-section orthogonal to its longitudinal axis, having a low portion and a high portion, which is higher than said low portion, the low portion and the high portion of the center tine being connected in cross-section orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the center tine, said left tine, in cross-section orthogonal to its longitudinal axis having a height substantially equal to said center tine low portion, said right tine, in cross-section orthogonal to its longitudinal axis, having a height substantially equal to said center tine high portion; a lifting mechanism configured to lift the left, center, and right tines; and a pallet jack body attached to a rear-most portion of each of the left, center, and right tines.