Universal engine mount and method of mounting engine

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH AN ENGINE AND A SUPPORTING FRAME, MEANS FOR MOUNTING THE ENGINE ON THE FRAME INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SPACED LOAD-SUPPORTING MOUNTS DISPOSED, AT LEAST ONE EACH ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE ENGINE ASSEMBLY, SAID MOUNTS COMPRISING: FIRST MOUNTING BRACKETS SECURED TO SAID ENGINE; SECOND MOUNTING BRACKETS SECURED TO SAID FRAME; ELONGATED TUBULAR SLEEVE ASSEMBLIES, EACH INCLUDING A PAIR OF TELESCOPICALLY CONNECTED TUBES AND ARRANGED FOR FREE ELONGATION AND RETRACTION; FIRST UNIVERSAL JOINTS CONNECTING ONE OF THE ENDS OF SAID SLEEVE ASSEMBLIES TO THEIR ASSOCIATED FIRST BRACKETS; SECOND UNIVERSAL JOINTS CONNECTING THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID SLEEVE ASSEMBLIES TO THEIR ASSOCIATED SECOND BRACKETS; WHEREBY DURING INSTALLATION OF SAID MOUNTS, SAID BRACKETS ARE MOVABLE ON SAID UNIVERSAL JOINTS, AND SAID PAIR OF TUBES ARE EXTENSIBLE AND RETRACTABLE FOR POSITIONING THE ENGINE BRACKETS AND THE FRAME BRACKETS AT THE LOCATIONS ON THE ENGINE AND FRAME TO WHICH THEY ARE SECURED, SAID TUBES MAY BE LOCKED IN POSITION, AND SAID UNIVERSAL JOINTS MAY BE LOCKED IN POSITION; MEANS LOCKING THE MEMBERS OF EACH OF SAID SLEEVE ASASSEMBLIES AGAINST MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO ONE ANOTHER; AND MEANS LOCKING SAID UNIVERSAL JOINTS FROM MOVEMENT WITH RELATION TO SAID TUBES, TO SAID BRACKETS, AND TO ONE ANOTHER, WHEREBY A RIGID CONNECTION IS ESTABLISHED BETWEEN RESPECTIVE ENGINE AND FRAME BRACKETS.