Wall-mounted fork lift

Claim 1

A wall-mounted fork lift, comprising a pair of spaced parallel guide rails affixed to a wall and extending substantially vertically thereon; a first pair of spaced parallel support members movably mounted on the guide rails for movement therealong, said support members extending perpendicularly to said guide rails; motive means coupled to the first pair of support members for selectively moving said support members along said guide rails; third and fourth support members extending between said first pair of support members perpendicularly thereto and movably mounted thereon for independent movement therealong in directions perpendicular to said guide rails; and first and second support arms hingedly affixed to the third and fourth support members, respectively, for movement to a rest position substantially next-adjacent said third and fourth support members in close proximity with the wall and to an operating position substantially perpendicular to said wall, said support arms having pallet-supporting means extending therefrom for supporting a loaded pallet between them, each of said first and second support arms having a first part hingedly affixed to the corresponding one of the support members and a second part hingedly affixed to the first part.