Vehicle top carrier

Claim 1

A VEHICLE TOP CARRIER COMPRISING A CARRIER BODY HAVING A BOTTOM AND UPSTANDING SIDES, A PLURALITY OF SUPPORTS SECURED TO SAID BOTTOM AND DEPENDING THEREFROM, EACH OF SAID SUPPORTS BEING EVENLY SPACED-APART FROM EACH OTHER OVER A PORTION OF SAID BOTTOM ADJACENT TO ONE END OF SAID BODY, AND HAVING A SURFACE WHICH COOPERATES WITH THE SURFACES OF THE OTHER OF SAID SUPPORTS GENERALLY TO DEFINE A SHAPE CONFORMING TO THE TOP OF A VEHICLE THEREBY ADAPTING SAID ONE END TO BE SUPPORTED BY A VEHICLE, A FIRST PAIR OF LEGS HAVING FIRST AND SECOND PORTIONS WHICH ARE STRAIGHT AN RIGIDLY JOINED IN END TO END RELATIONSHIP AT AN ELBOW THEREBY PROVIDING A FIRST AND SECOND DISTAL END OF SAID PISTONS RESPECTIVELY, EACH OF SAID FIRST LEG PORTIONS HAVING A BASE PLATE SECURED GENERALLY PERPENDICULARLY TO THE AXIS THEREOF AT SAID FIRST DISTAL END AND A FIRST HINGED JOINT INTERMEDIATE SAID FIRST DISTAL END AND SAID ELBOW, SAID FIRST JOINT HAVING A FIRST AXIS AND A FIRST MEANS SECURED ADJACENT THERETO FOR LIMITING HINGED MOVEMENT TO ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DEGREES, SAID SECOND LEG PORTIONS BEING HINGEDLY SECURED TOGETHER AT SAID SECOND DISTAL ENDS BY A SECOND HINGED JOINT THEREBY FORMING A U-SHAPED LEG STRUCTURE, SAID SECOND HINGED JOINT HAVING A SECOND AXIS WHICH IS PARALLEL TO SAID FIRST AXIS, A PAIR OF BALLS HAVING A PAIR OF DIAMETRAL OPENINGS THERETHROUGH SLIDABLY POSITIONED ON SAID SECOND LEG PORTIONS ADJACENT SAID ELBOW, SECOND MEANS POSITIONED ON BOTH SIDES OF SAID BALLS AND SECURED TO SAID SECOND LEG PORTIONS FOR LIMITING THE SLIDING MOVEMENT OF SAID SECOND LEG PORTIONS DIAMETRICALLY OF SAID BALLS, SAID BALLS OF SAID LEG STRUCTURE BEING SWIVELLY SECURED TO SAID BODY AT OPPOSITE PORTIONS OF SAID SIDES AND AT A POSITION SPACED FROM SAID BOTTOM AND ADJACENT SAID ONE END THEREBY POSITIONING SAID SECOND PORTIONS WIHTIN SAID BODY AND ADAPTING SAID FIRST RELATION TO THE OPPOSITE SIDES SAID BODY IN SPACED-APART RELATION TO THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF A VEHICLE ON WHICH SAID BODY IS ADAPTED TO REST, SAID OPPOSITE PORTIONS BEING SPACED-APART A DISTANCE LESS THAN THE VEHICLE SIDES, SAID FIRST JOINTS BEING MOVABLE FROM A FIRST POSITION IN WHICH SAID FIRST LEG PORTIONS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID FIRST JOINTS ARE ALIGNED AWAY FROM EACH OTHER TO A SECOND JACK-KNIFE POSITION, EACH OF SAID LEGS BEING SWIVELLY MOVABLE ABOUT THE CENTERS OF SAID BALLS AND LATERALLY MOVABLE TOWARD AND AWAY FROM EACH OTHER AND SAID SIDES OF SAID BODY, SAID LATERAL MOTION BEING IN CONJUNCTION WITH HINGED MOVEMENT AT SAID SECOND JOINT, THE MOVEMENT OF ONE SAID LEGS CAUSING IN THE OTHER OF SAID LEGS A CORRESPONDING MOVEMENT, SAID CORRESPONDING MOVEMENT BEING A MOVEMENT IN THE SAME DIRECTION WHEN SAID MOVEMENT IS A SWIVEL MOVEMENT IN PLANES PARALLEL TO SAID AXES AND BEING A MOVEMENT IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION WHEN SAID MOVEMENT IS ACCOMPANIED BY A HINGED MOVEMENT, SAID FIRST PAIR OF LEGS BEING SWIVELLY MOVABLY FROM A FIRST BODY-SUPPORTING POSITION TO A SECOND RETRACTED POSITION ADJACENT SAID WALLS OF SAID BODY, A SECOND PAIR OF LEGS SECURED TO SAID CARRIER BODY ADJACENT THE OTHER END THEREOF, SAID SECOND PAIR OF LEGS BEING SELECTIVELY MOVABLE FROM A FIRST BODY-SUPPORTING POSITION TO A SECOND RETRACTED POSITION, SECOND MEANS FOR ADAPTING SAID BODY TO BE SUPPORTED BY THE VEHICLE AT SAID OTHER END, THIRD MEANS FOR SECURING SAID BODY TO A VEHICLE, SAID LEGS IN SAID FIRST POSITIONS COOPERATING TO SUPPORT SAID BODY SO AS TO ALLOW A VEHICLE TO BE DRIVEN BENEATH SAID BODY, THEREBY PROVIDING MEANS FOR MOUNTING AND DEMOUNTING SAID BODY TO A VEHICLE.