Tilt hood tractor construction

Claim 1

IN AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE HAVING A BODY CONSTRUCTION INCLUDING A HOOD MEMBER, MEANS HINGING THE HOOD MEMBER TO THE VEHICLE BODY TO MOVE ABOUT AN AXIS DISPOSED TRANSVERSELY OF SAID VEHICLE FROM A FIRST POSITION WHEREIN SAID HOOD MEMBER COVERS AN INTERIOR PORTION OF SAID VEHICLE TO A SECOND POSITION TILTED AWAY FROM SAID VEHICLE AND EXPOSING SAID INTERIOR PORTION, SUPPORT MEANS FOR SAID HOOD MEMBER, SAID SUPPORT MEANS INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE LEAF SPRING ANCHORED AT ONE END TO A PORTION OF THE VEHICLE FIXED RELATIVE TO THE FRAME, WITH THE OTHER END FREE, THE ANCHORED END BEING DISPOSED NEAREST SAID AXIS, A FIRST FIXED MEMBER EXTENDING LATERALLY OF SAID SPRING AND SERVING TO ANCHOR SAID ONE END, A SECOND FIXED MEMBER EXTENDING GENERALLY PARALLEL TO SAID FIRST MEMBER AND SPACED LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID SPRING RELATIVELY NEAR SAID FIRST MEMBER, SAID SPRING BEING DISPOSED WHEREIN WITH SAID HOOD MEMBER IN SAID FIRST POSITION, SAID SECOND MEMBER PROVIDES A FIXED STOP IN BACK OF SAID SPRING ACROSS WHICH SAID LEAF SPRING BENDS, THE FREE END OF SAID SPRING EXTENDING TO TERMINATE IN A POSITION REMOVED FROM SAID AXIS AND SUBSTANTIALLY CENTRALLY OF SAID HOOD MEMBER, SAID LEAF SPRING BEING DISPOSED TO APPLY AN UPWARD LIFTING BIAS TO SAID HOOD MEMBER WHEN IN THE FIRST POSITION, AND MEANS ANCHORING SAID HOOD MEMBER TO SAID VEHICLE AND ACTING IN A DIRECTION OPPOSED TO SAID BIAS.