Wheel lift

Claim 1

A WHEEL LIFT FOR POSITIONING AND HOLDING WHEELS TO BE PLACED ON A VEHICLE COMPRISING: A MOVABLE FRAME; FIRST AND SECOND SPACED APART ELONGATED PARALLEL MEMBERS ROTATABLY SECURED TO SAID FRAME; A FIRST PAIR OF RELATIVELY SHORT ARMS EACH OF WHICH IS RIGIDLY SECURED NEAR AN END OF SAID FIRST ELONGATED MEMBER, SAID FIRST PAIR OF ARMS EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM SAID FIRST ELONGATED MEMBER GENERALLY IN DIRECTION TOWARD SAID SECOND ELONGATED MEMBER; A FIRST ELONGATED WHEEL ENGAGING MEMBER SECURED BETWEEN SAID FIRST PAIR OF ARMS FOR ENGAGING AND PARTIALLY SUPPORTING AT LEAST ONE WHEEL TRANSVERSELY AT THE PERIPHERY OF THE WHEEL, SAID FIRST WHEEL ENGAGING MEMBER BEING ADAPTED TO ROTATE WITH SAID FIRST ELONGATED MEMBER ABOUT THE AXIS OF SAID FIRST ELONGATED MEMBER; A SECOND PAIR OF RELATIVELY SHORT ARMS EACH OF WHICH IS RIGIDLY SECURED NEAR AN END OF SAID SECOND ELONGATED MEMBER, SAID SECOND PAIR OF ARMS EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM SAID SECOND ELONGATED MEMBER GENERALLY IN DIRECTION TOWARD SAID FIRST ELONGATED MEMBER; A SECOND ELONGATED WHEEL ENGAGING MEMBER SECURED BETWEEN SAID SECOND PAIR OF ARMS FOR COOPERATING WITH SAID FIRST ELONGATED WHEEL ENGAGING MEMBER TO SUPPORT AT LEAST ONE WHEEL TRANSVERSELY AT THE PERIPHERY OF THE WHEEL, SAID SECOND WHEEL ENGAGING MEMBER BEING ADAPTED TO ROTATE WITH SAID SECOND ELONGATED MEMBER ABOUT THE AXIS OF SAID S ECOND ELONGATED MEMBER; MOVABLE MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME CAPABLE OF BEING SELECTIVELY MOVED IN FIRST AND SECOND DIRECTIONS WITH RESPECT TO SAID FRAME; AND LINKAGE MEANS SECURED TO SAID MOVABLE MEANS AND TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND ELONGATED MEMBERS TO CAUSE SAID FIRST AND SECOND ELONGATED MEMBERS TO ROTATE IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS WHEN SAID MOVABLE MEANS IS MOVED IN EITHER OF SAID DIRECTIONS SAID LINKAGE MEANS INCLUDING AN ARM HAVING A CENTRAL PORTION PIVOTED TO SAID MOVABLE MEANS, LEVERS CONNECTED TO THE FIRST AND SECOND ELONGATED MEMBERS, AND LINKS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO OPPOSITE OUTER END PORTIONS OF THE SAID ARM AND SAID LEVERS WHEREBY SAID ELONGATED MEMBERS CAN BE ROTATED A RELATIVE SMALL AMOUNT IN THE SAME DIRECTION CAUSING A WHEEL SUPPORTED ON SAID FIRST AND SECOND ELONGATED WHEEL ENGAGING MEMBERS TO BE SELECTIVELY TRANSVERSELY ADJUSTED WHILE MAINTAINING THE SUPPORT OF THE WHEEL BY SAID FIRST AND SECOND ELONGATED WHEEL ENGAGING MEMBERS.