Ram for lift truck

Claim 1

In a lift truck of the type having a cab, a pair of vertically driven, parallel, spaced apart hangers mounted in front of the cab and a generally rectangular carriage mounted on the front of the hangers to move therewith, the improvement of a ram for engaging and lifting coiled stock, spools or the like comprising: a plate having a generally U-shaped configuration including a horizontal base and two upwardly extending spaced apart legs; said legs for mounting said ram on said rectangular carriage frame; and an elongated bar extending from said horizontal plate base outwardly away from said rectangular frame for engaging the center of coiled stock; said legs of said ram plate being spaced apart horizontally to be mounted outwardly of said hangers so that upon engaging stock and lifting the stock by vertically driving said hangers, the stock may be observed from the cab without the legs of said ram obstructing the view of said stock therefrom, and an extension block for each plate leg, each extension block having a hole journalled therethrough to receive the upper horizontal carriage frame member; each extension block and its corresponding plate leg including a tongue and groove so that after suspending the extension blocks from said carriage frame, the U-shaped plate and ram may be lifted and slid onto the extension blocks with the plate legs and extension blocks mechanically interlocked by said tongues and grooves.