US PATENT SUBCLASS 414 / 444
TILTING VEHICLE-TYPE HANDLER (I.E., PORTABLE GRAPPLE)

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444TILTING VEHICLE-TYPE HANDLER (I.E., PORTABLE GRAPPLE) {8}
445  DF  .~> Article actuated engaging means
446  DF  .~> Separable load rack
447  DF  .~> Successive engaging means
448  DF  .~> With band-type engager
449  DF  .~> Flexible strand attached load gripper
450  DF  .~> Opposed movable jaw grippers {2}
453  DF  .~> Single movable jaw gripper {2}
457  DF  .~> Rigid-type grapple engaging means (e.g., hooks, etc.)

DEFINITION

Classification: 414/444

TILTING VEHICLE-TYPE HANDLER (I.E., PORTABLE GRAPPLE):

(under the class definition) Handling devices consisting of a wheeled framework designed to be tilted or rocked in its entirety in a vertical plane about an axis of rotation of its wheels to function as a single throw lever in picking up a load for transportation thereby and having means mounted thereon for grasping or hooking a load to fix its position relative to the frame-work to facilitate picking up or elevating a load.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

618+, for elevating devices having means for grasping or seizing a load.

729+, for vertically swinging supports having load-grasping means.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

248, Supports,

500+, for similar devices used to hold a load down upon a supporting surface.

254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force, 120+, for miscellaneous single throw lever devices designed for applying a force to an object. These devices may be supported on wheels for movement to or from a point of use.

280, Land Vehicles,

43.1, for a vehicle having vertically adjustable ground engaging means and which is unstable when in transporting position but which is stabilized by an attendant or an article to which the vehicle is temporarily attached, and subclasses 47.24+ for two-wheeled hand trucks, especially subclass 47.27 for warehouse-type trucks which have a shelf-like toe, which is not considered a load hooking means, and subclass 100 for devices for merely securing a load to a vehicle.

294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, appropriate subclasses for miscellaneous hand or hoist line grapples.