Load carrier for industrial trucks

Claim 1

IN A LOAD CARRIER ATTACHED TO AN INDUSTRIAL TRUCK HAVING A LONGITUDINAL CENTERLINE TOGETHER WITH A VERTICALLY MOVABLE MAST, SAID MAST HAVING A TRANSVERSELY DISPOSED PORTION RELATIVE TO SAID LONGITUDINAL CENTERLINE AND A PAIR OF END PORTIONS EXTENDING OUTWARD AND PARALLEL TO SAID LONGITUDINAL CENTERLINE, THE COMBINATION THEREWITH OF ROD MEANS DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID END PORTIONS, A PLATE ADAPTED WITH LOAD HANDLING MEANS, SAID PLATE BEING ADAPTED TO ASSUME A FIRST POSITION TRANSVERSE TO SAID LONGITUDINAL CENTERLINE AND A SECOND POSITION NORMAL TO SAID FIRST POSITION, FIRST MOTION MEANS ATTAHCED TO SAID ROD MEANS, FIRST CONNECTING MEANS PIVOTABLY CONNECTING SAID FIRST MOTION MEANS TO A FIRST REGION OF SAID PLATE, SECOND MOTION MEANS ATTACHED TO SAID ROD MEANS LATERALLY SPACED FROM SAID FIRST MOTION MEANS, SECOND CONNECTING MEANS PIVOTABLY AND SLIDABLY CONNECTING SAID SECOND MOTION MEANS TO A SECOND REGION OF SAID PLATE LATERALLY SPACED FROM SAID FIRST REGION, ACTUATING MEANS FOR RECTILINEARLY MOVING SAID FIRST MOTION MEANS TOWARD SAID SECOND MOTION MEANS, WHEREBY SAID FIRST CONNECTING MEANS TRANSLATES THE RECTILINEAR MOTION INTO ROTARY MOTION FOR PIVOTING SAID PLATE FROM SAID FIRST POSITION TO SAID SECOND POSITION, AND CAM MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE RECTILINEAR MOVEMENT OF SAID FIRST MOTION MEANS FOR GUIDING SAID PLATE THROUGH AT LEAST A PORTION OF ITS PIVOTAL MOVEMENT TO SAID SECOND POSITION.