Lifter transport vehicle

Claim 1

A MOBILE LIFTING AND TRANSPORTING VEHICLE FOR AUTOMOBILES AND OTHER OBJECTS, COMPRISING: (A) A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR MAIN FRAME MEANS HAVING SPACED-APART LONGITUDINAL FRAME MEMBERS AND CROSS FRAME MEMBERS CONNECTING THE ENDS OF SAID LONGITUDINAL MEMBERS SO THAT SAID MAIN FRAME MEANS DEFINES UNOBSTRUCTUED SPACE BETWEEN SAID LONGITUDINAL AND CROSS FRAME MEMBERS; (B) GENERALLY VERTICALLY DISPOSED LEG MEANS CONNECTED TO AND SUPPORTING EACH OF THE FOUR CORNERS OF SAID MAIN FRAME MEANS, EACH OF SAID LEGS HAVING A POWER DRIVEN TURNABLE TRACTION WHEEL MEANS ATTACHED TO THE LOWER END THERE; (C) A GENERALLY HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED AND VERTICALLY MOVABLE GENERALLY RECTANGULAR LIFTER FRAME MEANS DISPOSED SO THAT EACH CORNER THEREOF IS LOCATED NEAR ONE OF SAID LEG MEANS; (D) A HOISING MECHANISM FOR SAID LIFTER FRAME MEANS INCLUDING A DRIVE MEANS LOCATED ON SAID MAIN FRAME MEANS AND CABLE MEANS EXTENDING FROM SAID LIFTER FRAME MEANS TO SAID MAIN FRAME AND TO SAID DRIVE MEANS FOR RAISING AND LOWERING SAID LIFTER FRAME MEANS; AND (E) A PAIR OF LOAD-ENGAGING MEANS DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER AND MOVABLY MOUNTED ON SAID LIFTER FRAME MEANS, SAID LOAD-ENGAGING MEANS EXTENDING ACROSS SAID LIFTER FRAME BETWEEN OPPOSED MEANS MEMBERS AND BEING MOVABLE TOWARD AND AWAY FROM EACH OTHER TO ENGAGE WITH A DISENGAGE FROM A LOAD, SAID LOADENGAGING MEANS ALOS HAVING POWER MEANS AND A DIFFERENTIAL DRIVE MEANS FOR MOVING SAID LOAD-ENGAGING MEANS.