Patent ID: 8875818

Claim:
A tiller guided industrial truck comprising: a steered wheel; a tiller arm configured to be pivotal about a vertical axis so as to determine a steering angle for said steered wheel and to be pivotal about a horizontal axis between a horizontal position and a vertical position; said tiller arm being pretensioned toward said vertical position; a travel speed controller disposed on said tiller arm; an actuating unit; a holding device for said tiller arm which can be activated via said actuating unit; said holding device providing, when activated via said actuating unit, a snap-in position for said tiller arm in which said tiller arm is held; said snap-in position being provided between said horizontal position and said vertical position; said holding device being configured to, when activated, limit a maximum travel speed of said industrial truck to a walk along speed unless said high speed travel button is also actuated concurrently; said tiller arm being configured to remain in said snap-in position when said high speed travel button is actuated; and, a control circuit configured to initialize a braking process of said industrial truck when said travel speed controller is not actuated while said holding device is activated and said high speed travel button is actuated.