Judge allows forklift cutout in courtroom
Created 02/10/2010, 07:46:20 am
A large-format printer produced a full-size replica of a forklift because a judge would not allow an actual forklift inside the courtroom.
"An attorney in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) wanted a cutout of a forklift truck," says Jay Buckley, president of MegaPrint Inc of Holderness. The attorney "gave us a photo and the manufacturer’s specifications of height and width (and) asked us if there was some way we could make a full-size replica of the forklift. We blew up the photo to the dimensions, mounted the paper to Gatorboard and provided stands on the back to hold it all up". Versions of composite Gatorboard are made of a multiple-layer polystyrene foam.
Buckley received the inquiry from the attorney in mid-January and sent the "demonstrative evidence forklift truck" via overnight shipment within a week. "They loved it in Philadelphia," he reports, while declining to identify the attorney.
"I think it is an injury case," Buckley says. "If you think about it, what better way to demonstrate to a jury that somebody really could see over that forklift truck."
The two-dimensional cutout breaks down in foldable panels that are attached with Velcro fasteners to several vertical sections. The job cost about USD1,500.
Source : forkliftaction.com
