US Patent Issued to J.C. Bamford Excavators on May 5 for "Side-shift fork carriage for a material handling machine" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,660, issued on May 5, was assigned to J.C. Bamford Excavators Ltd. (Uttoxeter, Great Britain).

"Side-shift fork carriage for a material handling machine" was invented by Darryl Cottingham (Uttoxeter, Great Britain), Matthew Coope (Uttoxeter, Great Britain), Ross Taylor (Uttoxeter, Great Britain), Edwin Ratcliffe (Uttoxeter, Great Britain) and Ben Rudd (Uttoxeter, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A side-shift fork carriage for a material handling machine includes a frame; a first shuttle comprising a first fork attachment member for receiving a first fork; a first fork actuator operable to side-shift the first shuttle relati...