Fork lift truck cab

• US 6,276,750 B1
• Filed: 03/25/1999
• Issued: 08/21/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: STILL GmbH (KION GROUP AG)
• Original Assignee: STILL GmbH (KION GROUP AG)
• Inventors: Frisch, Bert
• Primary Examiner(s): Dayoan, D. Glenn
• Assistant Examiner(s): LYJAK, LORI LYNN
• Application Number:
  US09/276,323
• Time in Patent Office: 880 Days
• Field of Search: 296/190.01, 296/190.03, 296/190.08, 296/190.1, 296/78.1, 296/79, 296/190.04
• US Class Current: 296/190.1
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 33/06 Drivers' cabs overhead guards, e.g. against loads falling down B60R21/11; roll-over protection B60R21/13
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 33/0636 displaceable along a linear path
• CPC Class Codes: B66F 9/07545 Overhead guards

Abstract

An industrial truck cab is provided having a roof made at least partly of bulletproof glass. This roof combines a high degree of safety against falling objects with good sight lines.

Claims

1. A cab for an industrial truck, the cab comprising a roof made at least partly of bulletproof glass and at least one of a windshield and a rear window also made of bulletproof glass, wherein the roof, the windshield and the rear window are defined by a single continuous piece of bulletproof glass.

2. The cab as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cab has an ovoid or spherical shape in cross-section.

3. The cab as claimed in claim 1, including side pieces made of a transparent material.

4. The cab as claimed in claim 3, wherein the transparent material is selected from the group consisting of glass and plastic.

5. A cab of an industrial truck having a frame and a lifting frame, the cab comprising:

a roof, a windshield and a rear window, each made at least partly of bulletproof glass; and

side pieces made at least partly of transparent material, wherein the roof, the windshield and the rear window are defined by a single, continuous piece of bulletproof glass.