ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,277, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to COMBILIFT (Annahagh, Ireland).
"Forklift reach mechanisms" was invented by Martin McVicar (County Monaghan, Ireland), Robert Moffett (County Monaghan, Ireland) and Mark Whyte (County Monaghan, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A forklift reach mechanism (10) has a main support (16) connected between a carriage (14) and a set of forks (48). The carriage is moveable vertically on a mast (12). The main support is lifted by a connecting member (32) that depends from an articulated levelling assembly comprising a pair of arms (22, 24) connected pivotally together and connected at their other en...