Load-carrying vehicles

Claim 1

A demountable load carrying vehicle body comprising a frame, a pair of front legs and a pair of rear legs one of each pair being at each side of said frame, the legs of at least one of said pairs being pivotally supported on their upper ends by said frame to support the vehicle in a vertical position and raised to a horizontal position along the frame in an inoperative position, a leg stay for each said pivoted leg, each said stay being pivoted at tee lower end portion of said leg at a point spaced from said upper end pivot, a transverse pin at the upper end of said stay, a recess fixed with respect to said frame engageable by said pin when said leg is erected, a guide fixed with reSpect to said frame and along which said pin moves from the erected to the collapsed position and which supports said pin in the collapsed position, and a device holding said leg in the collapsed position, said guide comprising an elongated plate element fixed to said frame, a recess at one end portion of said element, a downwardly inclined pin track forming part of said element and extending from said recess towards said leg, the length of said track being greater than the full movement of said pin and supporting said pin when said leg is collapsed.