Patents Assigned to Shoals American Industries, Inc.
  • Patent number: 5096365
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for lifting, inverting, and stacking trailer chassis has a pair of support arms engageable with arms of a forklift vehicle and a frame pivotally mounted on outer ends of the support arms. The frame is mounted by engagement of pivot pins on the arm ends with apertures in side members of the frame, the apertures being located inwardly from the center of the length of the side members. This off-center placement of the axis of rotation of the frame enables it to be rotated when the forklift arms are raised without requiring power other than normal forklift lifting power. Clamps including a fixed L-shaped bracket and a cooperating slideable bracket are provided on the underside of the frame for engaging chassis beams of a trailer. A locking pin for securing the frame in a position generally coplanar with the support arms is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1992
    Assignee: Shoals American Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Jerry W. Ford