Patent ID: 7993094

Claim:
A lift truck arrangement comprising: a lift truck comprising a truck body having a plurality of wheels, a mast mounted on the truck body, a carriage supported by the mast and movable along the mast in a height direction of the mast, first and second forks supported by the carriage for movement along the mast, and a mounting bracket supported by the carriage; and a clamping apparatus supported by the first and second forks and including a cross-shaped frame having four legs extending outwards from a center of the frame, the legs including first and second legs aligned with each other and third and fourth legs aligned with each other and extending at right angles to the first and second legs, four clamping arms each mounted on one of the legs of the frame and movable with respect to the frame for grasping and releasing a load, a plurality of actuators connected to the clamping arms to move each clamping arm with respect to the frame towards and away from an opposing one of the clamping arms, first and second fork engaging members secured to the first and second legs of the frame, respectively, on opposite sides of the third leg and each shaped for receiving a horizontal portion of a fork of a lift truck, and first and second plates secured to the first and second fork engaging members, respectively, and extending upwards to above the first and second fork engaging members, each plate extending from one of the fork engaging members to the third leg of the frame, the mounting bracket comprising a plate having a front side facing the clamping apparatus and a tube extending from the front side, and the clamping apparatus including a connecting member sized to fit into the tube of the mounting bracket, the connecting member and the tube each having a hole through which a latching member can be inserted on the front side of the plate to detachably connect the connecting member to the mounting bracket to prevent the clamping apparatus from translating along the forks of the lift truck.