Side swing carriage for loaders and the like

Claim 1

IN A LOADING FOR HANDLING LOGS, POLES, PIPING AND SIMILAR HEAVY ELONGATED LOADS, INCLUDING A MOBILE FRAME, A FORWARDLY EXTENDING BOOM CARRIED BY SAID FRAME, LATERALLY FIXED SUPPORT STRUCTURE CARRIED AT THE FRONT END OF SAID BOOM, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: A HOLLOW VERTICAL PIVOT MEMBERS FORMING ONE SIDE OF SAID SUPPORT MEMBER, A PIVOT SHAFT CARRIED WITHIN SAID EXTENDING ABOVE AND BELOW SAID PIVOT MEMBER, A LOAD ENGAGING FROM PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON THE UPPER AND LOWER EXTENSIONS OF SAID PIVOT SHAFT FOR SIDE SWINGING MOVEMENTS WITH RESPECT TO SAID FRAME, HYDRAULIC CYLINDER MEANS FOR SWINGING SAID LOAD ENGAGING FRAME FROM A FORWARD POSITION TO A SIDE POSITION, A PAIR OF FORWARDLY EXTENDING LIFT ARMS, AND A PAIR OF HOLD DOWN CLAMPS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID LOAD ENGAGING FRAME ABOVE SAID LIFT ARMS FOR CLAMPING MOVEMENT GENERALLY PARALLEL TO SAID LIFT ARMS.