Fork lift trucks

Claim 1

A LOAD HANDLING TRUCK COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, FRONT AND REAR FRAME MEMBERS, FRONT AND REAR LOAD SUPPORTING PLATFORMS ON SAID FRAME MEMBERS, MEANS BRACING SAID PLATFORMS TOGETHER AT LOWER LEVEL ACROSS THEIR WIDTH AND PRESENTING A TRANSVERSE RECESS BETWEEN THEM, A TRAVELLING MAST AND CONTROL CABIN, CARRIAGE MEANS SUPPORTING SAID MAST AND CONTROL CABIN FOR SIMULTANEOUS MOVEMENT SAID CARRIAGE MEANS BEING MOVABLE TRANSVERSELY OF THE TRUCK BETWEEN SAID PLATFORMS, LOAD HANDLING MEANS MOUNTED FOR RAISING AND LOWERING MOVEMENT ON SAID MAST, AND MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY PROJECTING SAID LOAD HANDLING MEANS LATERALLY FROM EITHER SIDE OF THE TRUCK BETWEEN SAID FRONT AND REAR PLATFORMS FOR PICKING UP OR DEPOSITING A LOAD, SAID LOAD HANDLING MEANS COMPRISING A LIFTING FORK MOUNTED SO AS TO BE PROJECTED LATERALLY FROM THE TRUCK AT EITHER SIDE AND WITHDRAW TO WITHIN THE COUNTOUR OF THE TRUCK, SO THAT LOADS MAY BE HANDLED AND LOWERED TO REST ON SAID FONT AND REAR PLATFORMS, AND SAID CONTROL CABIN HAVING CONTROL MEANS THEREIN TO CONTROL THE MOVEMENT OF SAID CARRIAGE, SAID LOAD HANDLING MEANS AND SAID TRUCK.