Motor vehicles – With means for promoting safety of vehicle – its occupant or... – Responsive to engagement of portion of perimeter of vehicle...
Patent
1994-06-27
1995-11-14
Focarino, Margaret A.
Motor vehicles
With means for promoting safety of vehicle, its occupant or...
Responsive to engagement of portion of perimeter of vehicle...
180277, 340436, 293 4, 200 6144, B60K 2810
Patent
active
054658071
ABSTRACT:
A safety guard uses a strip switch to prevent injury at pinch points on either lift gates or pedestrian-operated industrial trucks. A strip switch is provided at the pinch point between the lift gate and the truck bed or vehicle body to stop or reverse operation of the lift gate when contacted by body parts or items improperly loaded on the lift gate. A strip switch may also be located adjacent the portions of a pedestrian-operated lift truck. The strip switch is disposed located about a portion of the perimeter of the pedestrian-operated lift truck adjacent the operator. Upon contacting the strip switch, the pedestrian-operated lift truck may be stopped or reversed to permit the operator to free his foot from the potential pinch point where injury can occur. Another approach to minimizing injury from pedestrian-operated lift trucks is to provide a semi-rigid guard attached to the platform body of the pedestrian-operated lift truck which reduces the size of the pinch point and minimizes the hazard of the pedestrian-operated lift truck overrunning an operator's foot.
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Ellis Christopher
Focarino Margaret A.
Josephs Harold
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