Vehicle escorting apparatus

Claim 1

A VEHICLE ESCORTING APPARATUS COMPRISING, A SUPPORT ADAPTED FOR CONNECTION TO AN ESCORTING VEHICLE AT ONE END THEREOF, A CARRIAGE MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT FOR VERTICAL RECIPROCATION, AN ELONGATED BUMPER PAD FORMED FOR ENGAGING A BUMPER OF AN ESCORTED VEHICLE, A PAIR OF TRANSVERSELY SPACED STRAPS CONNECTED TO SAID BUMPER PAD AND ADAPTED FOR CONNECTION TO THE FRAME OF THE ESCORTED VEHICLE FOR DRAWING SAID BUMPER AGAINST SAID PAD AT HORIZONTALLY SPACED POSITIONS TO PROVIDE A FIXED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL FACE TO FACE ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID PAD AND FOR LIFTING SAID ESCORTED VEHICLE, MEANS CONNECTING SAID PAD AND CARRIAGE FOR JOINT AND EQUAL VERTICAL DISPLACEMENT AND SUPPORTING SAID PAD IN FIXED LONGITUDINALLY SPACED RELATION TO SAID CARRIAGE AND PROVIDING A PIVOTAL CONNECTION AT SAID CARRIAGE ABOUT A VERTICAL AXIS TO PROVIDE A SWINGING RADIUS FOR RELATIVE PIVOTAL DISPLACEMENT OF THE ESCORTING AND ESCORTED VEHICLES, AND POWER MEANS FOR RAISING TO ADJUSTED ELEVATED POSITIONS SAID CARRIAGE AND PAD THEREBY RAISING SAID STRAPS AND THE CONNECTED END OF THE ESCORTED VEHICLE, SAID POWER MEANS LOCKING SAID CARRIAGE AND PAD AGAINST VERTICAL DISPLACEMENT IN ALL ADJUSTED ELEVATED POSITIONS.