Abstract: The invention relates to a fork-lift truck including a vehicle body which has rear wheels and a lift frame for load-carrying means, and including a wheel bearing means. For an increase in stability in standing of the fork-lift truck, a shifting or pivoting device interacting with the vehicle body is provided, which moves the wheel bearing means with respect to the vehicle body while varying the axle base and the distance of the load center from the front wheel.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 27, 2000
Date of Patent:
June 4, 2002
Assignee:
Jungheinrick Aktiengesellschaft
Inventors:
Ralf Baginski, Ernst Peter Magens, Michael Niebuhr, Paul Rickers, Ing. Torsten Hunte