Combined power vehicle and trailer structure

Claim 1

IN A POWER VEHICLE ADAPTED FOR PROPELLING A TRAILER PIVOTALLY CONNECTED THERETO, THE COMBINATION OF A FRAME, MEANS AT THE REAR END OF SAID FRAME FOR COUPLING IT TO THE TRAILER, A PAIR OF WHEELS AND ASSOCIATED DRIVE AXLES MOUNTED ON THE FRAME ADJACENT THE REAR END THEREOF, TWO POWER GENERATING SYSTEMS EXTENDING IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF THE FRAME WITHIN THE SAME RANGE OF LENGTH THEREOF IN FRONT OF THE DRIVE AXLES OF THE WHEELS, SAID SYSTEMS COMPRISING ENGINES HAVING THEIR POWER SHAFTS PROJECTING AT THE FORE END OF THE FRAME, THE SYSTEMS WITH THE ENGINES BEING SITUATED ALONG OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE FRAME SO AS TO LEAVE A SPACE BETWEEN THEMSELVES SUFFICIENT FOR RECEIVING A PLATFORM FOR A DRIVER''S SEAT AND ASSOCIATED STEERING MECHANISM, A POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM COMMON TO BOTH POWER GENERATING SYSTEMS PROVIDED IN SAID SPACE BELOW SAID PLATFORM WITHIN THE SAME RANGE OF LENGTH OF THE FRAME AS THE POWER GENERATING SYSTEM, GEARINGS BETWEEN THE SHAFTS OF THE POWER SYSTEMS AND SAID COMMON TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND MEANS FOR DELIVERING THE POWER FROM SAID COMMON TRANSMISSION SYSTEM TO THE WHEEL AXLES, ALL OF THE ELEMENTS RECITED BEING POSITIONED IN FRONT OF THE WHEEL AXLES.