Device for a materials handling vehicle

US6137398A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Crown Equipment Corporation · US

Inventors

• Danny L. Dunlap · Minster, US
• Patrick A. Soder · Sidney, US
• John A. Turner · New Bremen, US
• Martin Römer · Breckerfeld, DE
• Daniel W. Kahlig · Fort Recovery, US
• Larry A. Niemeyer · New Knoxville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 14, 1998
• Grant date: Oct 24, 2000
• Expiry date: Jul 14, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B66F17/003
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A materials handling vehicle is provided with a frame including an operator's compartment having an entrance, a drive mechanism supported on the frame, a material handling unit coupled to the frame, and a device including an actuator located across the threshold of the entrance of the operator's compartment. The device generates an alert signal when a portion of an operator's body engages the actuator.