Vehicle suspensions

Claim 1

IN A SUSPENSION FOR A VEHICLE HAVING TANDEM AXLES, ELONGATED SPRINGS INDEPENDENT ON ONE ANOTHER, MEANS ENABLING EACH OF SAID SPRING SUBSTANTIALLY AT THE MEDIAL PORTION THEREOF TO BE CONNECTED TO TH E AXLES SO THAT THE SPRINGS HAVE INNER ENDS DISPOSED TOWARD ONE ANOTHER AND OUTER ENDS SPACED REMOTELY FROM ONE ANOTHER, MEANS TO SUPPORT THE OUTER ENDS OF THE RESPECTIVE SPRING MEANS ON THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE FOR FREE OR UNENCUMBERED MOVEMENT AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE FRAME, A FIRST EQUALIZER BRACKET TO BE SECURED TO THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE AND HAVING A FIRST EQUALIZER PIVOTALLY RELATED THERETO, SAID EQUALIZER HAVING AN ARM ENGAGED IN SLIDING CONTACT WITH AND BY THE INNER END OF ONE OF THE SPRING MEANS SO AS TO BE ROCKED UPON A VERTICAL FORCE BEING IMPRESSED ON THE CORRESPONDING AXLE AND SPRING, A SECOND EQUALIZER BRACKET TO BE SECURED TO THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE AND HAVING A SECOND EQUALIZER PIVOTALLY RELATED THERETO, SAID SECOND PIVOTAL EQUALIZER HAVING AN ARM ENGAGED IN SLIDING CONTACT WITH AND BY THE INNER END OF THE OTHER OF THE SPRING MEANS SO AS TO BE ROCKED UPON A VERTICAL FORCE BEING EXERTED ON THE CORRESPONDING AXLE AND SPRING, A SINGLE LINK INTERCONNECTING SAID EQUALIZERS, SAID FIRST AND SECOND EQUALIZERS BEING PIVOTED INTERMEDIATE THE INNER ENDS OF SAID SPRING, AND SAID EQUALIZERS EACH HAVING ANOTHER ARM DEPENDING BELOW THE FIRST-NAMED ARM THEREOF AND HAVING A POINT OF DIRECT PIVOTAL CONNECTION TO SAID LINK SO THAT AN ENCOUNTERED FORCE EXERTED ON ONE AXLE CAUSING ITS EQUALIZER TO ROCK IS TRANSMITTED DIRECTLY THROUGH THE LINK AT OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF DIRECTLY TO THE OTHER EQUALIZER WHICH IMPOSES PART OF SAID ENCOUNTERED FORCE ON ITS SPRING AND AXLE.