Truss boom for material handling truck

Claim 1

For use with material handling equipment, a telescoping boom pivotally mounted on said equipment, a rigid upright support frame operatively mounted on the outer end of said telescoping boom, a detachable truss boom attachment for said equipment, said truss boom attachment comprising, in combination with said material handling equipment, a forwardly directed elongated rigid truss frame having a rigid upright rear end and a forward end, cooperating structural, non-operative means on said rear end of said truss frame and on said rigid frame of said boom for non-permanently and detachably securing said truss frame on said rigid upright frame while continuing to support said truss frame attachment in a generally forwardly extending direction, said truss frame being constructed and arranged to normally be in a forward direction both in an attached position and in a detached position, and, when in said detached position, said cooperating securing means defining the sole means for interconnecting said truss frame to said telescoping boom and being immobile while said boom is manipulated for attaching said frame to said boom, a rigid member on said upright frame and hook means on said rear end of said truss frame, said hook means being detachably received by said rigid member, cable means, means for operatively mounting said cable means on said equipment, and means on said truss frame for guiding said cable means thereon for engaging and moving material located at said front end of said truss frame, both said means for operatively mounting said frame on said equipment and said means for operatively mounting said cable means on said equipment being entirely on said equipment and said cable means only being guided and supported on said truss frame.