Pole handling device

Claim 1

A POLE HANDLING DEVICE COMPRISING, A MAIN BACKBONE HAVING A FRONT END AND A REAR END, A POLE SUPPORTING SADDLE PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID BACKBONE ADJACENT SAID FRONT END AND ABOUT A TRANSVERSE AXIS, GROUND WHEEL MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID BACKBONE AND ALSO ADJACENT SAID FRONT END, POWER-OPERATED MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID BACKBONE AND SADDLE FOR SWINGING THE LATTER BETWEEN A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL POLE TRANSPORTING POSITION AND UPWARDLY TO A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL POLE SETTING POSITION, SAID FRONT END AND SAID WHEEL MEANS BEING RAISED AS SAID SADDLE IS SWUNG TO SAID SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL POLE SETTING POSITION, AN OUTRIGGER ASSEMBLY ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID BACKBONE ADJACENT SAID REAR END THEREOF AND ABOUT A LONGITUDINAL AXIS, SAID OUTRIGGER ASSEMBLY ENGAGING THE GROUND FOR TRANSVERSE SUPPORT OF SAID DEVICE AS SAID FRONT END AND WHEEL MEANS ARE RAISED, AND ADJUSTABLE MEANS BETWEEN SAID BACKBONE AND OUTRIGGER ASSEMBLY FOR EFFECTING RELATIVE ROTATION THEREBETWEEN ABOUT SAID LONGITUDINAL AXIS TO THEREBY PERMIT A POLE TO REMAIN VERTICAL IN A TRANSVERSE DIRECTION WHILE BEING SWUNG UPWARDLY BY SAID SADDLE.