Patent ID: 7789612

Claim:
A forklift attachment, comprising: a pair of forks, each said fork having an upper portion and a lower portion; a fork plate having upper corners and lower corners and having defined therein a pair of upper bores and a pair of lower bores radially defined proximate to said lower corners; a mounting plate connected to said fork plate defining an attachment interior; a pair of pivot pins, each said pivot pins having a center axis normal to said fork plate and rotatably connecting tops of said upper portions of said fork to said fork plate; a pair of lower bore pins each connecting bottoms of said upper portions of said forks to said fork plate and adapted to travel within one of said lower bores; a pair of upper bore pins connecting said upper portions of said forks to said fork plate, each said upper bore pin adapted to travel within one of said upper bores; and, a pair of actuators, each said actuator positioned behind said fork plate within said attachment interior having one end attached near one of said upper corners and another end attached to one of said upper bore pins, wherein upon actuation of said actuators, each said upper bore pin can travel within one of said upper bores thereby rotating said forks about said center axis such that said forks can apply opposing lateral compression forces to a flexible dumpster.