ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,091, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Rightline Equipment Inc. (Rainer, Ore.).
"Single-double load clamp" was invented by Jim D. Hamlik (Vancouver, Wash.), Joel D. Hamlik (Vancouver, Wash.) and Kevin Sandison (Vancouver, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A single-double load clamp load handler is provided for a lift truck. The load handler includes a frame, a first, a second and a third clamp arms, each with a clamp plate, and each with a sliding beam slidingly coupled to the frame. The first clamp arm sliding beam has an inner sliding beam stop and an outer sliding beam stop. The third clamp arm sliding beam has a center slid...