Side carrying lift truck

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR HANDLING ELONGATED LOADS OF LUMBER OR THE LIKE, COMPRISING A LIFT TRUCK, LOAD-HANDLING MEANS CARRIED BY SAID LIFT TRUCK AT THE FRONT END THEREOF FOR TRANSVERSELY RECEIVING AN ELONGATED LOAD; MEANS FOR RAISING AND LOWERING SAID LOAD-HANDLING MEANS AND FOR SWINGING SAID LOAD-HANDLING MEANS TO AND FROM A POSITON AT ONE SIDE OF SAID LIFT TRUCK, WHEREBY AN ELONGATED LOAD ON SAID LOAD-HANDLING MEANS CAN BE MOVED BETWEEN A POSITION IN FRONT AND TRANSVERSELY OF THE LIFT TRUCK AND A POSITION GENERALLY PARALLEL WITH SAID LIFT TRUCK; LOAD-SUPPORTING MEANS HAVING LONGITUDINALLY SPACED PORTIONS FIXEDLY CARRIED BY SAID LIFT TRUCK AND PROJECTING LATERALLY FROM ONE SIDE THEREOF, WHEREBY AN ELONGATED LOAD ON SAID LOADHANDLING MEANS CAN BE SWUNG FROM A POSITION IN FRONT AND TRANSVERSELY OF SAID LIFT TRUCK TO A POSITION OVER AND PARALLEL WITH SAID LOAD-SUPPORTING MEANS AND LOWERED TO A SUPPORTING POSITION THEREON AND ALSO RAISED FROM SAID SUPPORTING POSITION ON SAID LOAD-SUPPORTING MEANS AND SWUNG TO A GENERALLY TRANSVERSE POSITION AT THE FRONT OF THE LIFT TRUCK, WHERE IT MAY BE RAISED OR LOWERED FOR THE DISCHARGE OF SAID ELONGATED LOAD; SAID APPARATUS FURTHER CHARACTERIZED IN THAT SAID LOAD-SUPPORTING MEANS COMPRISES A PAIR OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACED AND LATERALLY EXTENDING LOAD-SUPPORTING BASE PORTIONS PROVIDED AT THEIR OUTER ENDS WITH UPRIGHT LOAD-CONFINING PORTIONS AND IN THAT A PORTION OF SAID LOAD-HANDLING MEANS, WHEN IN SAID PARALLEL POSITION, IS LOCATED BETWEEN AND IN GENERAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE BASE PORTIONS OF SAID LOAD-SUPPORTING MEANS.