Crawler-track automotive vehicle

Claim 1

A CRAWLER-TRACK AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE COMPRISING A RIGID FRAME INCLUDING A PAIR OF SPACED, LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING LOWER SIDE MEMBERS HAVING FRONT AND REAR ENDS AND MEANS TRANVERSELY INTERCONNECTING SAID LOWER SIDE MEMBERS TO DEFINE THEREWITH A HORIZONTAL LOWER DECK PLANE, A PAIR OF SPACED, UPPER SIDE MEMBERS SECURED IN CONVERGING RELATIONSHIP WITH AT LEAST ONE OF SAID ENDS OF SAID LOWER SIDE MEMBERS AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY THEREFROM INTO LATERALLY OFFSET HORIZONTALLY AND VERTICALLY SPACED PARALLELISM THEREWITH, MEANS TRANSVERSELY INTERCONNECTING SAID UPPER SIDE MEMBERS TO DEFINE THEREWITH AN UPPER HORIZONTAL DECK PLANE, SEAT MEANS CARRIED BY SAID FRAME IN VERTICALLY SPACED JUXTAPOSITION TO SAID ONE END OF SAID LOWER SIDE MEMBERS, A PAIR OF TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING FRONT AND REAR AXLES ROTATABLY CARRIED BY SAID LOWER SIDE MEMBERS IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP TO THE FRONT AND REAR ENDS OF THE SAME, RESPECTIVELY, WHEELS OPERATIVELY SUPPORTING EACH OF SAID AXLES OUTWARDLY OF SAID LOWER SIDE MEMBERS AND INWARDLY OF SAID UPPER SIDE MEMBERS, THE WHEELS ENGAGED WITH THE SEPARATE AXLES ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE FRAME BEING COPLANAR, ENDLESS TRACK-CONSTITUTING LOOPS OPERATIVELY TENSIONED ABOUT AND BETWEEN EACH PAIR OF COPLANAR WHEELS, POWER SUPPLY MEANS CARRIED BY SAID FRAME BETWEEN SAID AXLES, DRIVING MEANS OPERATIVELY INTERCONNECTING SAID POWER SUPPLY MEANS WITH ONE OF SAID AXLES TO DRIVE THE WHEELS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH, DRIVE CONTROL LEVER MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID DRIVING MEANS AND SELECTIVELY MANIPULABLE TO REGULATE THE OPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SAID POWER SUPPLY MEANS AND SAID ONE AXLE, SEPARATE BRAKE MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF THE DRIVEN WHEELS, AND SEPARATE BRAKE CONTROL LEVER MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO EACH OF SAID BRAKE MEANS AND SELECTIVELY MANIPULABLE TO ENGAGE AND DISENGAGE THE SAME FOR STEERING THE VEHICLE, SAID DRIVE CONTROL LEVER MEANS AND SAID SEPARATE BRAKE CONTROL LEVER MEANS EACH HAVING PORTIONS EXTENDING IN JUXTAPOSITION TO SAID SEAT MEANS AND ALSO IN JUXTAPOSITION TO SAID ONE END OF SAID LOWER SIDE MEMBERS WHEREBY ALL OF SAID CONTROL LEVER MEANS MAY BE MANIPULATED BOTH BY AN OPERATOR CARRIED BY SEAT MEANS AND BY AN OPERATOR WALKING WITH SAID VEHICLE.