Patents Assigned to Shell Material Handling Systems, Inc.
  • Method and apparatus for handling discrete cargo units
    Patent number: 5066189
    Abstract: Two sets of fork units are dependingly supported from a suspension frame for engagement with a stack of cargo units, such as bags. The ends of the fork units are articulated so as to be positioned in either a perpendicular position relative to the upper portion of the fork unit or a longitudinally aligned position. End plates on the suspension frame cooperate with a special pallet to vertically and horizontally align the tip ends of the forks with openings in the special pallet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1991
    Assignee: Shell Material Handling Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Melvin E. Shell