Hydraulic differential force transmission means

Claim 1

FORCE TRANSMITTING MEANS FOR INTERPOSITION BETWEEN A FORCE-APPLYING MEMBER AND A MECHANISM ACTUABLE BY A FORCE TRANSMITTED FROM THE FORCE-APPLYING MEMBER, SAID FORCE TRANSMITTING MEANS COMPRISING A CASING, A CONTROL MEMBER OPERABLE IN SAID CASING IN RESPONSE TO A FORCE APPLIED THERETO, A FIRST FOLLOWER MEMBER OPERABLE IN SAID CASING IN RESPONSE TO A FORCE TRANSMITTED THERETO FROM SAID CONTROL MEMBER, A SECOND FOLLOWER MEMBER OPERABLE IN SAID CASING IN RESPONSE TO A FORCE TRANSMITTED THERETO FROM SAID CONTROL MEMBER, A FLOWABLE SELF-CONTAINED INCOMPRESSIBLE MEMBER OPERATIVELY INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID CONTROL MEMBER AND SAID FIRST AND SECOND FOLLOWER MEMBERS IN CONTACTING RELATION THEREWITH IN A CHAMBER FORMED IN SAID CASING, SAID CHAMBER BEING OF SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR VOLUME AS SAID FLOWABLE MEMBER VIA WHICH AN APPLIED FORCE ACTING ON SAID CONTROL MEMBER MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND FOLLOWER MEMBERS, AND LATCH MEANS WHEREBY SAID FIRST AND SECOND FOLLOWER MEMBERS MAY BE ALTERNATIVELY LOCKED, AT WILL, IN AN INOPERATIVE POSITION TO PERMIT OPERATION OF ONE OR THE OTHER OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND FOLLOWER MEMBERS OR BOTH MAY BE UNLOCKED TO PERMIT SIMULTANEOUS OPERATION THEREOF RESPONSIVELY TO A FORCE TRANSMITTED THERETO FROM SAID CONTROL MEMBER, THE VALUE OF THE FORCE ACTING ON SAID FIRST OR SECOND FOLLOWER MEMBER OR BOTH BEING VARIABLE ACCORDING TO THE DISPOSITION OF SAID LATCH MEANS.