Boom loading devices

Claim 1

A FOLDABLE POWER OPERATED BOOM CONSTRUCTION COMPRISING IN COMBINATION WITH A VEHICLE HAVING A CHASSIS INCLUDING OUTER SIDE FRAME MEMBERS AND SETS OF FRONT AND REAR SUPPORT WHEELS, A BOOM ASSEMBLY ON THE REAR OF SAID CHASSIS INCLUDING A MOUNTING FRAME CARRYING A BOOM FOR MOVEMENT THEREWITH AND FOR MOVEMENT RELATIVE THERETO, AN IMPLEMENT MOVABLY MOUNTED ON SAID BOOM, MEANS RETAINING SAID MOUNTING FRAME AGAINST LONGITUDINAL AND LATERAL MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO SAID CHASSIS AND PIVOTING SAID MOUNTING FRAME DIRECTLY TO SAID CHASSIS SIDE MEMBERS FOR VERTICAL SWINGING MOVEMENT, ACTUATING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID BOOM AND IMPLEMENT FOR OPERATING THE LATTER, POWER OPERATING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID MOUNTING FRAME AND TO SAID CHASSIS SIDE FRAME MEMBERS FOR CAUSING PIVOTING OF SAID MOUNTING FRAME AND THE BOOM CARRIED THEREBY BETWEEN A LOWERED OPERATING POSITION WITH THE BOOM EXTENDING REARWARDLY FROM SAID CHASSIS AND A RAISED INOPERATIVE POSITION, SAID BOOM IN SAID RAISED POSITION EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY AND FORWARDLY OF SAID CHASSIS AND ENTIRELY FORWARDLY OF THE CHASSIS REAR END, THE PARTS BEING SO ARRANGED THAT IN SAID RAISED POSITION SAID MOUNTING FRAME WILL BE CRADLED AND LOWERED IN SAID CHASSIS BETWEEN SAID SIDE FRAME MEMBERS AND WILL EXTEND FORWARDLY OF SAID REAR WHEELS.