Collapsible trailer support and anchor

Claim 1

A SUPPORT AND ANCHOR DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING A HIGHWAY TRAILER AND ANCHORING THE TRAILER TO A RAILWAY CAR, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING A SUPPORTING STRUCTURE INCLUDING A FIRST LEG MEMBER SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY DISPOSED WHEN IN OPERATIVE POSITION, A SECOND LEG MEMBER INCLINED AT AN ANGLE RELATIVE TO SAID FIRST LEG MEMBER WHEN IN OPERATIVE POSITION, SAID LEG MEMBERS BEING PIVOTALLY CONNECTED ADJACENT THEIR UPPER PORTIONS, A PLATFORM PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED BY SAID LEG MEMBERS, MEANS ADAPTED FOR PIVOTALLY MOUNTING THE LOWER PORTIONS OF SAID LEG MEMBERS ON THE CAR, MEANS FOR MOVING THE LOWER PORTION OF ONE OF SAID LEG MEMBERS RELATIVE TO THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID OTHER LEG MEMBER FOR RAISING AND LOWERING THE UPPER PORTIONS OF SAID LEG MEMBERS TO RAISE AND LOWER SAID PLATFORM BETWEEN A COLLAPSED LOWERED INOPERATIVE POSITION PERMITTING LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF THE HIGHWAY TRAILER THEREOVER AND AN OPERATIVE RAISED POSITION FOR SUPPORTING ONE END OF THE HIGHWAY TRAILER, MEANS ON SAID PLATFORM ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE TRAILER WHEN SAID PLATFORM IS IN ITS RAISED OPERATIVE POSITION TO SECURE THE TRAILER TO THE PLATFORM, AND CUSHIONING MEANS IN SAID SECOND LEG MEMBER FOR PROVIDING CUSHIONING ACTION OF THE TRAILER ON THE CAR WHEN SAID PLATFORM IS IN ITS RAISED OPERATIVE POSITION.