An industrial vehicle includes a vehicle body, a driver compartment provided in the vehicle body, an obstacle detector configured to detect an obstacle existing behind the vehicle body, a warning generator configured to generate a warning, and a control device configured to control the warning generator. The warning generator is positioned at least in front of the driver compartment. The control device actuates the warning generator when the obstacle detector detects an obstacle behind the vehicle body that is moving rearward.

An operator ride enhancement system that is coupleable to the frame of a vehicle includes a counterweight platform moveably coupled to the frame, and a resilient member engaged with the frame and the counterweight platform. The mass of the counterweight platform is configured to be approximately at least equal to a total mass supported by the counterweight platform during operation of the vehicle. The operator ride enhancement system attenuates and/or inhibits movement of the counterweight platform during operation of the vehicle.

A lift truck employs forward and reverse pedals connected through respective cams having different upper and lower cam profiles that engage to provide asymmetric reciprocal pedal motion. For example, first pedal depression causes a first cam upper profile to engage with a second cam upper profile and cause increased elevation of a second pedal, and first pedal depression causes a first cam lower profile to disengage with a second cam lower profile associated with the second pedal, such that first pedal depression is greater than the increased elevation of the second pedal.

A pantograph assembly may include a mast carriage assembly comprising a trunnion cross-member and a trunnion shaft coupled to the trunnion cross-member, and a pantograph mechanism coupled to the trunnion shaft.

A controller for operative connection to a power assisted transport vehicle that is at least partially directed by a human operator in physical contact with the vehicle, the controller including: a contact surface with a deadman switch, a first sensor and a second sensor each responsive to manual actuation of the contact surface, each sensor having a respective first sensor output signal and a second sensor output signal, and a signal processing means adapted to process the first and second output signals, and control the mode of operation of the controller in accordance with the state of the deadman switch.

Described is a rotary telehandler (1) comprising a carriage (10) movable on wheels, which mounts a tower (11), which in turn mounts a drivers cab (12) and an operating arm. The telehandler (1) is equipped with the following free paths of ascent and descent: a first path, defined by a first position of the tower (11), wherein it has an axis parallel to that of the carriage (10) and comprises a door (15) of the cab (12), a handle (17) on which an operator can grasp and a ladder (101, 104) made on a side wall of the carriage (10); a second path, defined by an angled position of the tower (11), wherein it is oblique or transversal to the axis of the carriage (10), with a front of the cab (12) facing towards the inside of the carriage (10), the second path comprising the door (15), a first handle (16) mounted at a first side of the door (15), a treadable surface (105, 106) of the carriage (10) and a further ladder (102, 103) made in a side of the carriage (10); and a third path, defined by a further angled position of the tower (11), wherein it is oblique or transversal to the axis of the carriage (10), with the front of the cab (12) facing towards the outside of the carriage (10), the third path comprising the door (15), a second handle (17) mounted at a second side of the door (15), a treadable surface (103, 102) of the carriage (10) and a ladder (104, 103) made in a further side of the carriage (10).

The first, second and third paths are free of obstacles for the free passage of an operator.

An operator control system is provided for a materials handling vehicle, the materials handling vehicle including an operator station having a support structure. The operator control system includes an operator control assembly having a housing mounted to or integral with the support structure, and at least one control element for controlling a function of the vehicle. One or both of the housing and/or the control element is positionable in a plurality of positions.

A plurality of control elements extend from the base portion of a control module in a materials handling vehicle. The control elements are located adjacent to one another, wherein at least one of the control elements includes mounting structure that permits the control element to be selectively mounted to the base portion in at least first and second positions. The first position defines a first distance between the control element and an immediately adjacent control element and the second position defines a second distance between the control element and the immediately adjacent control element, the second distance being greater than the first.

A tilting support or work bucket, or apparatus for an aerial lift including a support frame for supporting an operator. The support frame can have a seat for supporting the operator when in an upright position and a chest support having a portion above and forward of the seat for supporting a chest of the operator when in a forwardly downward tilted position while allowing arms of the operator to extend forwardly out of the support frame. A support member can be pivotably mounted to the support frame at a pivot joint that is located at an upper portion of the support frame when the support frame is in the upright position, for pivotably supporting the support frame. An actuator can be included for positionably rotating the support frame relative to the support member about the pivot joint between the upright position and the forwardly downward tilted position. Since the pivot joint is located in the upper portion of the support frame, pivoting of the support frame from the upright position to the forwardly downward tilted position moves a center of gravity of the support frame rearwardly in the direction of the support member.

A telehandler vehicle includes a self-propelled chassis including a frame supporting an operator cab. The operator cab includes a first boom control panel and a propulsion system configured to control a movement and a position of the frame. The telehandler vehicle also includes a boom pivotably coupled to the frame, a material handling implement coupled to a distal end of the boom, and a personnel platform coupled to the distal end of the boom. The personnel platform has a forward end in a direction of travel and an aft end opposite the forward end. The telehandler vehicle further includes a second boom control panel coupled to the forward end of the personnel platform.