Donald E Walker

US Patent:

42667950, May 12, 1981

Filed:

Oct 22, 1979

Appl. No.:

6/086753

Inventors:

Donald G. Walker - Camarillo CA

International Classification:

B60D 104

US Classification:

280402

Abstract:

The rear portion of a load hauling flatbed truck and the front portion of a conventional forklift vehicle are provided with structures facilitating towing of the forklift vehicle by the truck to a remote site so that the forklift vehicle is available for loading and/or unloading materials onto or from the flatbed truck. Basically, left and right rocking levers intermediately pivoted adjacent to left and right front corner portions of the forklift vehicle are hydraulically rocked so that the extending front portions of the rocking members engage about engagement structures secured adjacent to the left and right rear corners of the truck and thereby effect a lifting of the entire front portion of the forklift vehicle when the rocking members are rocked downwardly. Appropriate locking pins are inserted to secure the rocking members to the rear corner portions of the towing truck. The entire front wheels of the forklift vehicle are raised free of the ground so that towing operations result in only the rear wheels engaging the ground.