Modified articulated vehicle

Claim 1

AN ARTICULATED CARGO CARRIER, INCLUDING: (A) FIRST AND SECOND HORIZONTAL, LONGITUDINALLY SPACED END PLATFORMS HAVING ADJACENTLY DISPOSED CONCAVE EDGES; (B) AN INTERMEDIATE HORIZONTAL PLATFORM HAVING CONVEX CURVED EDGES INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLATFORMS, WHICH PLATFORMS DEFINE A SUBSTANTIALLY CONTINUOUS CARGO-SUPPORTING SURFACE; (C) FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD PNEUMATIC-TIRED WHEEL ASSEMBLIES RIGIDLY SECURED UNDER SIAD FIRST AND SECOND END PLATFORMS AND SAID INTERMEDIATE PLATFORM AT SUBSTANTIALLY THE CENTERS THEREOF; (D) FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH GEAR MEANS, WHICH FIRST AND SECOND GEAR MEANS ARE RIGIDLY AFFIXED TO THE UNDER SIDES OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLATFORMS, RESPECTIVELY, ADJACENT THE FREE ENDS THEROF, WITH SAID THIRD AND FOURTH GEAR MEANS BEING AFFIXED TO THE UNDER SIDE OF SAID INTERMEDIATE PLATFORM ADJACENT SAID CONVEX ENDS THEREOF; (E) FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH ELONGATE STUD BOLTS THAT PROJECT DOWNWARDLY FROM THE CENTERS OF SAID FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH GEAR MEANS; (F) FIFTH, SIXTH, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GEAR MEANS ROTATABLY SUPPORTED ON SAID STUD BOLTS BELOW SAID FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH GEAR MEANS; (G) FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH GEARS DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID FIFTH, SIXTH, SEVENTH AND EIGHT GEAR MEANS AND SAID FIFTH, SIXTH, SEVENTH AND EIGHT GEAR MEANS IN TOOTHED ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH; (H) FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH HORIZONTAL PLATES ROTATABLY SUPPORTED ON SAID FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH STUD BOLTS BELOW SAID FIFTH, SIXTH, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GEAR MEANS; (I) FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH UPRIGHTS SECURED TO SAID FIRST, SECOND, THRID AND FOURTH PLATES, THAT ROTATABLY SUPPORT SAID FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH GEARS; (J) FOURTH AND FIFTH PENUMATIC-TIRED WHEEL ASSEMBLIES RIGIDLY SECURED UNDER SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLATES; (K) SIXTH AND SEVENTH PNEUMATIC-TIRED WHEEL ASSEMBLIES DISPOSED UNDER SAID THIRD AND FOURTH PLATES AND ROTATABLY SUPPORTED ON SAID THIRD AND FOURTH STUD BOLTS; (L) A FIRST TOW BAR PROJECTING FROM THE FREE END OF SAID FIRST END PLATFORM AND RIGIDLY CONNECTED TO SAID FIFTH GEAR MEANS, WHICH FIRST TOW BAR WHEN PULLED AND MOVED SIDEWISE PIVOTS SAID FIFTH GEAR MEANS RELATIVE TO SAID FIRST GEAR TO ROTATE THE SAME, WITH SAID FIRST GEAR AS IT ROTATES MOVING RELATIVE TO SAID FIRST GEAR MEANS TO PIVOT SAID FIRST PLATE AND FOURTH WHEEL ASSEMBLY IN THE DIRECTION IN WHICH SAID SIDEWISE FORCE IS APPLIED TO SAID FIRST TOW BAR TO URGE SAID FIRST END PLATFORM TO PIVOT ON SAID FIRST WHEEL ASSEMBLY TO A FIRST ANGLE RELATIVE TO SAID INTERMEDIATE PLATFORM AS SAID CARRIER IS DRAWN IN THE DIRECTION IN WHICH SAID FIRST TOW BAR PROJECTS FROM SAID FIRT END PLATFORM; (M) FIRST AND SECOND MEANS OPERATED BY ROTATION OF SAID THIRD AND FOURTH GEAR MEANS RELATIVE TO SAID THIRD AND FOURTH GEARS AS SAID INTERMEDIATE PLATFORM PIVOTS ON SAID THIRD WHEEL ASSEMBLY TO FOLLOW SAID FIRST END PLATFORM FOR PIVOTING SAID SIXTH AND SEVENTH WHEEL ASSEMBLIES TO SECOND ANGLES THAT ARE SUBSTANTIALLY ONE-HALF OF SAID FIRST ANGLE, AT WHICH SECOND ANGLES SAID SIXTH AND SEVENTH WHEEL ASSEMBLIES TRACK WITH SAID FOURTH WHEEL ASSEMBLY, WITH SAID INTERMEDIATE PLATFORM AS IT SO PIVOTS FORCING SAID SECOND END PLATFORM TO PIVOT ON SAID SECOND WHEEL ASSEMBLY, AND WITH SAID SECOND GEAR MEANS AS SAID SECOND PLATFORM SO PIVOTS MOVING RELATIVE TO SAID SECOND GEAR TO ROTATE THE SAME, WHICH SECOND GEAR AS IT MOVES RELATIVE TO SAID SIXTH GEAR MEANS PIVOTS SAID SECOND PLATE AND FIFTH WHEEL ASSEMBLY TO SAID FIRST ANGLE WHERE SAID FIFTH WHEEL ASSEMBLY TRACKS WITH SAID FOURTH WHEEL ASSEMBLY; (N) THIRD MEANS FOR HOLDING SAID SIXTH GEAR MEANS IN A NON-ROTATABLE POSITION RELATIVE TO SAID SECOND END PLATFORM; (O) A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING TOW BAR MEMBERS UNDER SAID PLATFORMS THAT ARE PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID STUD BOLTS; AND (P) FOURTH MEANS FOR PIVOTALLY CONNECTING SAID FIRST TOW BAR TO SAID FIRST STUD BOLT TO PERMIT TRANSFER OF THE DRAWING FORCE EXERTED ON SAID FIRST TOW BAR THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH OF SAID VEHICLE ONLY BY SAID TOW BAR MEMBERS.