Flying platform velocipede

Claim 1

A VEHICLE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A PLATFORM HAVING OPENINGS THEREIN; GROUND ENGAGING MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID PLATFORM ABOVE THE GROUND FOR MOTION RELATIVE TO THE GROUND, SAID GROUND ENGAGING MEANS INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE GUIDE WHEEL REVOLVABLE ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS AND GUDE WHEEL MOUNTING MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID GUIDE WHEEL TO TURN RELATIVE TO SAID PLATFORM THROUGH A HORIZONTAL ARC THEREBY TO GUIDE THE VEHICLE; A STEERING CAGE ASSEMBLY MOVABLY SUPPORTED FROM SAID PLATFORM AND INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND CLOSED MEMBERS RESPECTIVELY DISPOSED ABOVE AND BELOW SAID PLATFORM, SAID FIRST CLOSED MEMBER DEFINING A CLOSED COCKPIT IN A CENTRAL REGION ON SAID PLATFORM AND SAID SECOND CLOSED MEMBER BEING OPERATIVELY SECURED TO SAID GROUND ENGAGING MEANS, COLUMNAR MEMBERS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID PLATFORM OPENINGS AND SECURED AT EACH END TO SAID CLOSED MEMBERS TO MAINTAIN SAID CLOSED MEMBERS IN VERTICAL SPACED-APART RELATIONSHIP AND BEARING MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID PLATFORM AND SAID COLUMNAR MEMBERS FOR MOVABLY SUPPORTION SAID STEERING CAGE ASSEMBLY; AND A STEERING LINKAGE MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID SECOND CLOSED MEMBER OF SAID STEERING CAGE ASSEMBLY AND SAID GUIDE WHEEL FOR REVOLVING SAID GUIDE WHEEL IN RESPONSE TO, AND IN THE SAME DIRECTION, AS SAID STEERING CAGE ASSEMBLY, ONE WAY RECIPROCATING DRIVE MEANS SUPPORTED FROM SAID PLATFORM AND OPERABLE FROM WITHIN SAID COCKPIT AND CONNECTED TO SAID GROUND ENGAGING MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING DRIVING FORCE TO SAID GROUND ENGAGING MEANS DURING THE FIRST STROKE OF A TWO STROKE RECIPROCATING DRIVE CYCLE AND FOR RETURNING TO A STARTING POSITION DURING A FOLLOWING SECOND STROKE OF THE DRIVE CYCLE, WHEREBY SAID VEHICLE IS CAPABLE OF BEING PROPELLED BY APPLYING A MANUAL DRIVING FORCE TO SAID DRIVE MEANS WHILE BEING STEERABLE BY THE APPLICATION OF A MANUAL FORCE TO SAID STEERING MEANS WHILE THE OPERATOR IS POSITIONED WITHIN SAID COCKPIT, AND WHEREBY SAID DRIVING FORCE MAY BE INCREASED BY UTILIZING THE LEVERAGE OF SAID STEERING MEANS TO ACHIEVE ADDITIONAL THRUST.