Patent · US Expired

Lifting device

US5590998A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 26, 1995
Grant dateJan 7, 1997
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 26, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB66F9/06
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A lifting device for attachment to a vehicle such as a four wheel motorcycle, the lifting device including upper and lower mounting members and for mounting the device to the framework of the vehicle, a mast which is pivotally connected to the mounting members for tilting movement about a generally horizontal axis by members of a tilting ram which acts between the mounting members and the mast, the lifting device further including a pair of forks and a forklift ram which is operable to raise and lower the forks.

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