Attachment for industrial lift truck

Claim 1

FOR USE WITH AN INDUSTRIAL LIFT TRUCK HAVING A MAST ASSEMBLY AND AN ELEVATABLE LOAD SUPPORTING CARRIER MOVABLE THEREIN, LOAD HANDLING MEANS COMPRISING IN COMBINATION FIRST LOAD ENGAGING ARM MEANS EXTENDING FORWARDLY FROM THE LOAD SUPPORTING CARRIAGE, SECOND LOAD ENGAGING ARM MEANS EXTENDING FORWARDLY FROM THE LOAD SUPPORTING CARRIAGE AND HAVING A FORWARD END THAT IS MOVABLE TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID FIRST LOAD ENGAGING ARM MEANS A PAIR OF LOAD ENGAGING CLAMP MEANS BOTH ROTATABLY MOUNTED ABOUT HORIZONTAL AXES AND AT LEAST ONE PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ABOUT AN AXIS INTERSECTING ONE OF THE HORIZONTAL AXES AT THE FORWARD ENDS OF SAID LOAD ENGAGING ARM MEANS, AND STABILIZING BAR MEANS AT ONE END BEING PIVOTALLY MOUNTED TO ONE OF SAID LOAD ENGAGING CLAMP MEANS AND AT THE OTHER END BEING SLIDABLY AND PIVOTALLY MOUNTED TO THE OTHER OF SAID LOAD ENGAGING CLAMP MEANS FOR ENSURING THAT THE FORWARD ENDS OF SAID CLAMP MEANS SPREAD APART AS THE FORWARD END OF SAID SECOND LOAD ENGAGING ARM MEANS IS MOVED AWAY FROM SAID FIRST LOAD ENGAGING ARM MEANS.