US Patent 9840350 Pallet truck with integrated half-size pallet support

The present application discloses a pallet truck backrest assembly for handling half-size pallets. A first half-size pallet support is pivotally coupled to a backrest of the backrest assembly at a first height and a second half-size pallet support is pivotally coupled to the backrest at a second height with the second height being less than the first height. The half-size pallet supports pivot between first positions against the backrest and second positions extending over the forks of the pallet truck to accommodate half-size pallets.