WORK ASSIST ACCESSORY FOR PALLET TRUCKS AND PALLET TRUCKS INCLUDING WORK ASSIST FEATURES

摘要

Work assist features are provided as a retrofit product to extend the functionality/capabilities of existing hand/powered pallet trucks and also in new trucks including the work assist features. An extension (130, 230, 410, 510) is attached to a truck body (106, 206, 402, 502) near the base of the forks (102, 104, 202, 204, 404, 504) to support a work tray (140, 240, 408, 508) with the tray being mounted for adjustable vertical positioning and being pivotal to move between a use position over forks of the truck and a stowed position out of the way of the forks. The extension can provide for mounting pouches (142) and various accessory supports (144) for convenient access by an operator of the truck so that pencils, papers, clipboards, marking devices, scanners, tape, tools and the like can be held in the pouches or accessory supports rather than being carried by the operator or placed on top of a load.