Pallet Lifter Bracket Gripping Tailgate Edge
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for securing pallet lifters inside trucks are complex, cumbersome, and prone to errors, leading to potential safety hazards during transit.
Innovation Solution
A pallet lifter design featuring a bracket with a second set of mounting means that can grip around the edge of a truck's tailgate, allowing for secure attachment without extending the pallet lifter's length significantly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional mounting systems with straps, chains, and multiple mounting points are used to secure the pallet lifter, then the pallet lifter can be attached to the truck, but the system becomes complicated, cumbersome, and expensive
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts and eliminates the complex mounting system components (straps, chains, multiple mounting points) by replacing them with a single integrated bracket that attaches to the tailgate edge. This removes unnecessary elements while retaining the essential security function.
Solution Approach 2:
The bracket is designed to perform multiple functions: it provides attachment security, prevents lateral movement, and works with the tailgate's existing structure. The mounting means can grip different edge configurations, making the system universally applicable to various tailgate designs.
2Reliability
If traditional mounting systems with multiple components are used, then the pallet lifter can be secured, but the system becomes time-consuming to install and prone to errors
Solution Approach 1:
The invention removes multiple installation steps by consolidating the mounting system into a single bracket that attaches in one operation, eliminating the time-consuming process of threading straps through multiple points and tightening them.
Solution Approach 2:
The bracket is pre-configured with mounting means designed to engage the tailgate edge in a predetermined manner, allowing for quick and error-free installation without requiring complex alignment or multiple adjustment steps.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the bracket extends the pallet lifter length significantly to grip the tailgate edge, then the mounting means can engage the tailgate, but the pallet lifter becomes too long to fit properly in the truck
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of extending the bracket length in the longitudinal direction (which would increase pallet lifter length), the invention utilizes the vertical dimension by positioning the mounting means to engage the tailgate edge from above, allowing effective attachment without increasing the pallet lifter's length.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting means is designed to nest within or alongside the existing tailgate structure, utilizing the tailgate's own geometry for engagement rather than requiring a separate extended gripping element that would protrude beyond the pallet lifter.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a pallet lifter (1) for installation inside a truck equipped with a tailgate being adapted to the truck so that the tailgate can be tilted from a vertical position where the edges of the tailgate cover the rear surface of the truck to a horizontal position in which the tailgate can be further moved, mainly in a translatory movement, downwards to a position where the rear end of the tailgate is adjacent to street level such that a pallet lifter (1) can be rolled over the rear edge of the tailgate, after which the tailgate can be moved upwards to a level, at which the tailgate is essentially flus with an inner floor of the truck so that the pallet lifter (1) can roll onto the inner floor of the truck, which pallet lifter (1) includes; two forks (11,12); a wheel set (17) and a bracket comprising a first (3) and a second (4) set of mounting means for attaching the pallet lifter (1) to the truck, said first set of mounting means (3) being fastened on the pallet lifter (1) while the bracket's second set of mounting means (4) is releasable attachable to the truck.