Timothy M Schaeffer

US Patent:

20200377352, Dec 3, 2020

Filed:

May 28, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/885402

Inventors:

- New Bremen OH, US
Geoffrey Donald Lee - St. Marys OH, US
Adam Richard Stahl - Celina OH, US
Timothy Martin Schaeffer - Fletcher OH, US

International Classification:

B66F 9/16
B66F 9/14
B66F 9/20
B66F 9/12

Abstract:

A materials handling vehicle including a load handling assembly having a mast assembly, and a fork carriage assembly including a fork support and at least one fork assembly, the at least one fork assembly including a first fork member, which is fixed to the fork support, and a second fork member. The vehicle includes a tilt assembly that tilts the fork support relative to the mast assembly such that a central axis of the at least one fork assembly is positionable in a plurality of different positions relative to a horizontal direction. The vehicle includes a fork extension/retraction assembly that moves the second fork member relative to the first fork member in a first direction that is parallel to the central axis such that the fork extension/retraction assembly selectively moves the second fork member toward or away from the fork support in the first direction.