Forklift attachment for moving three-point mounted equipment

• US 4,065,013 A
• Filed: 09/30/1976
• Issued: 12/27/1977
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1976
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Orthman Manufacturing, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Orthman Manufacturing, Inc.
• Inventors: Orthman, Henry K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Paperner, L. J.
• Application Number:
  US05/728,292
• Time in Patent Office: 453 Days
• Field of Search: 214/145 A, 214/620, 214/621, 214/766, 280/415 R, 280/415 A, 280/460 A, 280/461 A, 280/479 A
• US Class Current: 414/607
• CPC Class Codes: B66F 9/18 Load gripping or retaining means

Abstract

The spaced apart arms of a forklift vehicle are slidably received in sleeves mounted on the lower ends of spaced apart legs carried on a cross member. Upwardly facing hooks are provided on each of the legs and cross member for detachable engagement with hitch pins on a three-point mounted implement. A U-shaped stop having a cross member and perpendicular legs is pivotally connected through the free ends of the legs to the outer ends of the mounting sleeves opposite the hooks and is pivotal from a horizontal position for engagement with the standard of a forklift vehicle to an upstanding inoperative position.

Claims

1. A forklift attachment for moving three-point mounted equipment comprising,

an upstanding frame having a cross member and oppositely disposed legs,

connecting means on each leg adapted to detachably engage the arms of a forklift vehicle,

connecting means on each leg and on said cross member adapted to detachably engage the connecting means on a three-point mounted implement, and

a stop means on said frame for selectively spacing said frame from a forklift vehicle by said stop being positioned to engage the upstanding standard on the forklift vehicle, said stop being U-shaped and having a cross member and perpendicularly extending oppositely disposed arms pivotally and operatively connected to said frame legs.

2. The structure of claim 1 wherein said connecting means adapted to engage the legs of a forklift vehicle are further defined as being sleeves on the bottom ends of said oppositely disposed legs for slidably receiving said forklift arms.

3. The structure of claim 1 wherein said connecting means on each leg and on said cross member adapted to detachably engage the connecting means on a three-point mounted implement being further defined as being upwardly facing open hooks adapted to engage the hitch pins on a three-point mounted implement.

4. The structure of claim 3 wherein said frame is further defined as being an inverted U in shape and open between said legs.

5. The structure of claim 1 wherein said stop is pivotally connected to said frame and pivotal between a lowered horizontal position parallel and over arms on a forklift vehicle to a raised position substantially parallel with said upstanding frame.

6. The structure of claim 1 wherein said arms are connected to the lower ends of said frame legs.