Convertible railway-highway vehicle

Claim 1

A VEHICLE CAPABLE OF MOVEMENT ALONG A PAVED ROADWAY AS WELL AS ALONG RAILWAY TRACKS INCLUDING FRAME MEANS HAVING SPACED DRIVING WHEELS THEREON ADAPTED FOR TRAVEL ON SAID PAVED ROADWAY AND TRACKS, AND A RAILWAY WHEEL AND AXLE ADAPTOR ASSEMBLY COMPRISING REINFORCED BUMPER STRUCTURE PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED BY SAID FRAME MEANS ON A TRANSVERSE AXIS, AXLE SUPPORT MEANS SUPPORTED IN DEPENDING RELATION FROM SAID BUMPER STRUCTURE, ACTUATING MECHANISM SUPPORTED BY SAID BUMPER STRUCTURE, SAID AXLE SUPPORT MEANS INCLUDING A PAIR OF SPACED GUIDE TUBES DEPENDING FROM SAID BUMPER STRUCTURE, A RETRACTABLE TUBE TELESCOPICALLY RECEIVED WITHIN EACH OF SAID GUIDE TUBES, GEAR MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID ACTUATING MECHANISM WITH SAID RETRACTABLE TUBES FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY MOVING THE TUBES UPWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY WITHIN THE ASSOCIATED GUIDE TUBES FOR LIFTING AND LOWERING THE MECHANISM, A TRANVERSE AXLE SUPPORT PORTION RIGIDLY FIXED TO THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID RETRACTABLE TUBES, LINK MEANS HAVING ONE END THEREOF PIVOTALLY INTERCONNECTED WITH SAID TRANSVERSE AXLE SUPPORT PORTION, THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID LINK MEANS BEING PIVOTALLY INTERCONNECTED WITH SAID FRAME MEANS, PIN MEANS SUPPORTED BY SAID TRANSVERSE AXLE SUPPORT PORTION, MEANS RETAINING SAID PIN MEANS IN OPERATIVE POSITION, AXLE MEANS, SAID AXLE MEANS INCLUDING AT THE CENTRAL PORTION THEREOF MEANS FOR JOURNALLING THE AXLE MEANS ON SAID PIN MEANS FOR ROTATION THEREABOUT, SAID AXLE MEANS INCLUDING WHEEL SUPPORT POSITION AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID AXLE MEANS.