Material or article handling – Process – Of charging or discharging self-loading or unloading vehicle
Reexamination Certificate
2011-04-19
2011-04-19
Keenan, James (Department: 3652)
Material or article handling
Process
Of charging or discharging self-loading or unloading vehicle
C414S467000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07927063
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a method for mounting a forklift to the rear of a vehicle such as a truck or trailer. The method includes providing a forklift in a vehicle, the forklift having a frame, a pair of spaced apart front wheels and at least one rear wheel. The forklift also has a pair of forks that are movably mounted to the frame, the pair of forks movable in at least a vertical direction relative to the frame. The vehicle has a rearward end with a fork support that receives the pair of forks of the forklift. The mounting system includes a pair of mounting brackets, each of the mounting brackets being fixedly attached to the forklift frame or the rearward end of the vehicle and having an opening defined therethrough. The opening has a closed perimeter. Also included is a pair of receiving pins, the receiving pins being dimensioned such that they can slide through the opening in each of the mounting brackets. The receiving pins have a supporting position and a release position. The supporting position of the pins results in a horizontal disposition thereof and rigid attachment of the forklift to the rearward end of the vehicle. Mounting of the forklift to the rearward end of the vehicle is afforded when the openings of the mounting brackets are in alignment with the supporting position of the pins and the pins are in the supporting position while being located through the openings of the mounting brackets.
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Photograph and two drawings of a mounting hook. (believed to have been offered for sale, publicly used, and/or published prior to the filing date of this application).
Keenan Patrick
McGrane Barry
Turnbull Kevin
Gifford Krass Sprinkle Anderson & Citkowski P.C.
Keenan James
Moffett Research & Development Limited
Wathen Douglas L.
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