Quickchange fork
CA 1183811 A · Owner: Kenhar Products Incorporated · Inventors: Hornung, Steve
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A mechanism for removably securing forks to a forklift truck and the like includes a hook shaped upper end for engaging a support shaft mounted on the forklift truck and a freely pivotal release mechanism attached to the shank of the -fork having a first surface closely adjacent to the shaft on which the fork is mounted. The pivoting release mechanism precludes disengagement of the hook from the supporting shaft when the fork is in operating position. Upon pivotal movement of the fork about this supporting shaft the pivotally mounted release mechanism pivots under the effect of gravity to present a second surface adjacent to the supporting shaft thereby permitting disengagement of the fork …
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Why it's free to use
- Granted March 12, 1985. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 12, 2002.
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