Fork and frame assembly

• US 4,065,015 A
• Filed: 09/18/1969
• Issued: 12/27/1977
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/1969
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Dyson Material Handling Equipment, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Louis Radakovich
• Inventors: Radakovich, Louis
• Primary Examiner(s): Oresky, Lawrence J.
• Application Number:
  US04/858,932
• Time in Patent Office: 3,022 Days
• Field of Search: 214/621, 214/750, 214/620
• US Class Current: 414/785
• CPC Class Codes: B66F 9/12 Platforms; Forks; Other load supporting or gripping members

Abstract

The disclosure herein is of a frame assembly for use in fork lift trucks to transport and position what are known as tote boxes, the assembly being comprised of generally conventional fork members which in this instance, however, are positioned on their sides so to speak so that by connecting the ends of what are normally the upright portions of the forks together an outwardly open U-shaped frame is provided, certain frame members to connect the forks to a lift truck or the like being supplied and formed into an integral body. The construction of lift forks in this particular instance comprising a heel section which is particularly effective in resisting deformation, imparts to the U-shaped frame rigidity and resistance to spreading which is required to handle the tote boxes for which the frame is designed.

Claims

1. In lift frame construction of the class described, in combination, a frame, said frame including a vertical frame section having means for connection to a fork lift truck, horizontal frame means extending outwardly therefrom, said frame means comprising a pair of forks for a fork lift truck arranged in the form of a U-shaped member by connecting together the ends of the normally vertical arms thereof to constitute the cross bar of the said member, the side edges of the normally horizontal arms thereby becoming upper surfaces of the spaced arms of the said U-shaped member, the vertical frame section comprising a pair of vertical parts secured at their lower ends to the side edges of the normally vertical arms, a cross piece extending between the parts at their upper ends, downwardly open upper hooks at said ends, a cross piece connected to the lower side edges of the arms aforesaid, and upwardly open hooks on the latter for connecting the frame to such fork lift truck in cooperation with the upper hooks aforesaid.