Pivoted About Spaced Transverse Axes, Or Translated Patents (Class 172/216)
  • Patent number: 6085505
    Abstract: An industrial vehicle includes a frame, a motive device mounted on the frame, a platform mounted on the frame adjacent to the motive device, a main boom member associated with an industrial implement, the main boom member being coupled to the platform, and at least one secondary boom member attached to the main boom member. The industrial vehicle may comprise in one embodiment tilting structure that tilts the platform about an axis substantially perpendicular to a driving direction of the vehicle, or at least one pivot defining at least one axis about which the main boom member and/or the secondary boom member pivot, the at least one axis being substantially perpendicular to a driving direction of the vehicle. A linkage may be provided that pivots at least one of the main boom member and the at least one secondary boom member about an axis substantially perpendicular to a driving direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Advanced Contracting and Hedging, Inc.
    Inventor: John W. Edwards