Wheeled veicle having a pivoted bogie shaft

Claim 1

A VEHICLE COMPRISING A RIGID FRAME, A PAIR OF DRIVE WHEELS MOUNTED ON A TRANSVERSE DRIVE SHAFT ADJACENT TO THE REAR END OF SAID FRAME, AN ENGINE MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME AND CONNECTED TO DRIVE SAID DRIVE SHAFT AND DRIVE WHEELS, A SECOND SHAFT SECURED TO THE UNDER SIDE OF SAID FRAME IN FRONT OF AND PARALLEL TO SAID DRIVE SHAFT, A PENDULUM PIVOTED ON EACH END OF SAID SECOND SHAFT AND EXTENDING TOWARD THE FRONT END OF SAID FRAME, EACH PENDULUM COMPRISING A TUBE PIVOTED TO SAID SECOND SHAFT AND A CYLINDRICAL MEMBER ROTATABLY AND SLIDABLY TELESCOPED INTO SAID TUBE AND PROTRUDING FORWARDLY THEREFROM, A GUIDE SECURED TO SAID FRAME ADJACENT TO THE PROTRUDING END OF SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER, A SLIDE SECURED TO SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER AND COOPERATING WITH SAID GUIDE TO PERMIT VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT END OF SAID PENDULUM WITH RESPECT TO SAID FRAME, A THIRD SHAFT SECURED TO SAID FRAME AND EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THEREOF ADJACENT TO THE MIDDLE OF THE FRONT END THEREOF, A FOURTH SHAFT PIVOTED ON SAID THIRD SHAFT AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID FRAME A TUBULAR EXTENSION AT THE FRONT END OF SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER AND EXTENDING AT A RIGHT ANGLE THERETO, SAID TUBULAR EXTENSION BEING PIVOALLY AND TELESCOPICALLY CONNECTED TO ONE END OF THE SAID FOURTH SHAFT, A JIB RIGIDLY SUPPORTED ON SAID PENDULUM TUBE, A FIFTH SHAFT ROTATABLY AND HORIZONTALLY SUPPORTED BY SAID JIB, A BOGIE ROD CARRIED BY SAID FIFTH SHAFT AND PIVOTED ADJACENT THE CENTER THEREOF FOR MOVEMENT IN A NORMALLY VERTICAL PLANE, SAID BOGIE ROD CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A TUBE MEMBER AND A CYLINDRICAL MEMBER TELESCOPICALLY AND SLIDABLY MOUNTED THEREIN, MEANS PREVENTING RELATIVE ROTATION OF SAID TUBE MEMBER AND SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER OF SAID BOGIE ROD, A SIXTH SHAFT EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY AND TRANSVERSELY OF SAID FRAME FROM THE FREE END OF SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER, A SEVENTH SHAFT EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY AND TRANSVERSELY OF SAID FRAME FROM THE FREE END OF SAID TUBE MEMBER AND WHEELS ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID SIXTH AND SEVENTH SHAFTS.