Towable pallet jack

• US 6,467,789 B1
• Filed: 04/20/2001
• Issued: 10/22/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Glenn F. Minnick, Scott I. Schedler, Stanley B. Tyler
• Original Assignee: Glenn F. Minnick, Scott I. Schedler, Stanley B. Tyler
• Inventors: Tyler, Stanley B., Schedler, Scott I., Minnick, Glenn F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hurley, Kevin
• Application Number:
  US09/839,455
• Publication Number:
  US 20020154982A1
• Time in Patent Office: 550 Days
• Field of Search: 280/408, 280/406.1, 280/411.1, 280/511, 280/514, 280/515, 280/456.1, 280/501, 280/481, 280/495, 414/607, 414/608, 414/495
• US Class Current: 280/408
• CPC Class Codes: B60D 1/00 Traction couplings; Hitches; Draw-gear; Towing devices devices specially adapted for connection between tractors and agricultural machines or implements A01B59/00; fifth-wheel couplings B62D
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 2207/00 Joining hand-propelled vehicles or sledges together
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 3/06 for simply clearing the load from the ground masted lift trucks B66F

Abstract

A towable pallet jack includes a pallet jack, a hitch pump handle, a removable male hitch, and a handle portion. The hitch pump handle extends from a pump unit at a rear of the pallet jack. A locking cavity is formed on the other end of the hitch pump handle and is sized to receive a hitch ball. The removable male hitch is inserted into the pair of forks. A second embodiment of the towable pallet jack utilizes a scissors pallet jack with a pivotal hitch attached to a rear of the pallet jack. A third embodiment of the towable pallet jack includes a pallet jack and hitch pump handle. The hitch pump handle is offset such that thereof may be attached to a fork of a succeeding pallet jack. A fourth embodiment of the towable pallet jack uses a straight hitch pump handle which is pivotally attached to a rear of the pallet jack at one side thereof. A fifth embodiment of the towable pallet jack including a female swinging hitch and a hitch pump handle with a expandable male hitch.

Claims

1. A towable pallet jack comprising:

a pallet jack having a pair of forks at a front thereof;

a removable male hitch being removably attachable to an end of said pair of forks; and

a pivotal hitch having one end pivotally attached to a rear of said pallet jack and the other end thereof being pivotally attachable to said removable male hitch.

2. The towable pallet jack of claim 1, further comprising:

a handle portion being attached to a rear of said pallet jack.

3. The towable pallet jack of claim 1, further comprising:

said removable male hitch including a hitch ball, a hitch bar, and a pair of locking pins, a retention hole being formed at an end of each said fork, said retention hole being sized to receive a single said locking pin.

4. The towable pallet jack of claim 1, further comprising:

said pivotal hitch having a locking cavity formed on the other end, said locking cavity being sized to receive said hitch ball.