US Patent Issued to MANITOU BF on Jan. 13 for "Forklift truck mounted on a carrier vehicle" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,488, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to MANITOU BF (Ancenis, France).

"Forklift truck mounted on a carrier vehicle" was invented by Pierre Hersant (Ancenis, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Forklift truck (1) mounted on a carrier vehicle and comprising a frame (16), forks (2), a lifting cylinder (4) for relatively moving the forks (2) and the frame (16) so as to allow, in a handling mode of operation, wherein the forks (2) are mounted so as to move freely upwards and downwards relative to the ground, the forks (2) to be lifted, and in a carrying mode of operation, wherein the forks (2) are in the high position and immobilised so...