Appeal No. 2003-2134 Page 4
Application No. 09/421,675
at least two bearings for the lifting frame at a distance from each other, by
which the lifting frame is connected with the driver's cab in a force-transmitting
connection; and
at least one bearing for the rear weight, by means of which the rear weight
is connected in a force-transmitting connection with the driver's cab,
wherein the bearing for the rear weight is configured to transmit forces
and moments, and
wherein the rear weight is rigidly connected with the driver's cab.
5. The fork lift truck as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bearing for the rear
weight is located on an upper segment of the rear weight.
7. The fork lift truck as claimed in claim 1, including a lower bearing for the
lifting frame, wherein the driver's cab has at least one strut that extends between
the lower bearing for the lifting frame and the bearing for the rear weight.
8. The fork lift truck as claimed in claim 1, wherein the driver's cab has a
framework construction, by means of which forces are transmitted between a top
bearing for the lifting frame and the bearing for the rear weight.
9. The fork lift truck as claimed in claim 8, wherein the framework
construction forms a triangle, wherein a first corner of the triangle is located at an
upper portion of the driver's cab and a second and third corner of the triangle are
located in the vicinity of the bearing for the rear weight.
19. The fork lift truck as claimed in claim 7, wherein the driver's cab has a
framework construction, by means of which forces are transmitted between a top
bearing for the lifting frame and the bearing for the rear weight.
Szarkowski discloses a sod handling machine similar to a fork lift truck which
permits the handling of pallets of sod without loss of sod from the pallet, and further
includes flotation tires arranged to permit the machine to be used for packing the sod
after it has been laid. Figure 1 of Szarkowski shows a lift truck device 10 having a main
frame 11 that is only shown schematically. The frame includes fore and aft extending
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