Retractable axle for vehicle load distribution

Claim 1

A VEHICLE WHICH COMPRISES: A BODY FRAME; FORWARD STEERING WHEELS MOUNTED ON THE BODY FRAME; REAR GROUNDCONTACTING WHEELS MOUNTED ON THE BODY FRAME; A BODY FRAME EXTENSION HAVING SIDE FRAME MEMBERS, THE FORWARD ENDS OF THE SIDE FRAME MEMBERS CONVERGING AND THE REAR ENDS OF THE SIDE FRAME MEMBERS BEING PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE BODY FRAME ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE BODY FRAME ADJACENT THE FRONT END OF THE BODY FRAME; A FIRST TRANSVERSE MEMBER INTERCONNECTING THE FORWARD ENDS OF THE SIDE FRAME MEMBERS; GROUND-CONTACTING WHEELS MOUNTED ON THE FIRST TRANSVERSE MEMBER; A SECOND TRANSVERSE MEMBER INTERCONNECTING THE SIDE FRAME MEMBERS ADJACENT THE REAR ENDS OF THE SIDE FRAME MEMBERS; A BRACKET MOUNTED ON THE SECOND TRANSVERSE MEMBER SUBSTANTIALLY AT THE CENTER OF THE SECOND TRANSVERSE MEMBER AND PROTRUDING UPWARDLY THEREFROM; A TRANSVERSE MEMBER MOUNTED ON THE BODY FRAME REARWARDLY OF THE FRONT END OF THE BODY FRAME; AND RECIPROCATING POWER MEANS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON THE TRANSVERSE MEMBER OF THE BODY FRAME SUBSTANTIALLY AT THE CENTER OF THE TRANSVERSE MEMBER, AND PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON THE BRACKET ON THE SECOND TRANSVERSE MEMBER OF THE BODY FRAME EXTENSION, SAID POWER MEANS BEING DISPOSED TO BEAR FORWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY ON THE BODY FRAE EXTENSION SO AS TO DISTRIBUTE A PORTION OF THE WEIGHT CARRIED BY THE BODY FRAME TO SAID BODY FRAME EXTENSION AND SO AS TO MAINTAIN THE WHEELS ON THE BODY FRAME EXTENSION IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND, AND ALTERNATELY SO AS TO PIVOTALLY ELEVATE THE BODY FRAME EXTENSION AND ELEVATE THE WHEELS ON THE BODY FRAME EXTENSION CLEAR OF THE GROUND.