Line truck lift for elevating lineman to overhead power lines

Claim 1

A TRUCK LIFT FOR ELEVATING LINEMAN TO OVERHEAD POWER LINES COMPRISING AN ELONGATED BOOM ASSEMBLY, MEANS ON ONE END OF SAID BOOM ASSEMBLY ADAPTED TO PIVOTALLY SECURE THE LATTER TO A TRUCK FOR ROTATION ABOUT AN AXIS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID BOOM, AN ELONGATED SUPPORT STANDARD, MEANS ON THE LOWER END OF SAID STANDARD PIVOTALLY SECURING THE LATTER TO THE OTHER END OF SAID BOOM ASSEMLBY FOR MOVEMENT ABOUT AN AXIS GENERALLY PARALLELING THE FIRST MENTIONED AXIS, A RIGID ELONGATED STABILIZER MEMBER, MEANS PIVOTALLY SECURING ONE END OF SAID STABILIZER TO SAID STANDARD FOR ROTATION ABOUT AN AXIS GENERALLY PARALLELING THE SECOND MENTIONED AXIS AND MEANS ADAPTED TO PIVOTALLY SECURE THE OTHER END OF SAID STABILIZER MEMBER TO SAID TRUCK FOR MOVEMENT ABOUT AN AXIS GENERALLY PARALLELING AND SPACED FROM THE FIRST MENTIONED AXIS A DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE SECOND AND THIRD MENTIONED AXES, THE EFFECTIVE LENGTH OF SAID BOOM AND SAID STABILIZER MEMBER BEING SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL, AND A SUPPORT PLATFORM CARRIED BY SAID SUPPORT STANDARD, SAID ELONGATED STANDARD BEING EXTENDABLE, AND MEANS INTERCONECTAED BETWEEN SAID BOOM ASSEMBLY AND SAID STANDARD FOR AUTOMATICALLY EXTENDING SAID STANDARD IN RESPONSIVE TO THE RAISING OF THE OTHER END OF SAID BOOM ASSEMBLY RELATIVE TO SAID ONE END THEREOF.