ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,720, issued on March 24.
"High visibility push-pull forklift attachment" was invented by Jim D. Hamlik (Vancouver, Wash.), Joel D. Hamlik (Vancouver, Wash.) and Cameron R. Burak (Vancouver, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high visibility push-pull handler configured to be mounted on a lift truck. The handler comprising a frame assembly, a pantograph mechanism coupled to the frame assembly, and a faceplate assembly coupled to the pantograph mechanism. The hander is configured with a view window extending through the handler, the view window not obstructed by parts of the handler when the handler is in any normal operating conf...