SELF-POWERED LIFTING AND MOVING DEVICE
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1. A load moving apparatus comprising in combination:
- a vehicle frame, said frame having a front end and a rear end and right and left sides and having a vehicle center of gravity,a pair of front endless tracks one track of said pair being operably connected on each of said right and left vehicle sides, each of said front tracks having a track front end and a track rear end said front track front end being elevated with respect to said track rear end,a pair of rear endless tracks one track of said pair being operably connected on each of said right and left vehicle sides, each of said rear tracks having a track front end and a track rear end said rear track rear end being elevated with respect to said rear track front end.a load carrying means extending from a front end of said vehicle frame,a vehicle weight fulcrum area comprising said front track rear end and said rear track front end said vehicle weight fulcrum area operating to shift said vehicle center of gravity from said rear pair of endless tracks onto said front pair of endless tracks in response to a load on said load carrying means, anda power supply means for providing operating power to said front and rear endless tracks and said load carrying means.
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An self-powered apparatus for moving objects that can be rolled or dragged across a surface, one embodiment of the apparatus operating on either of front or rear endless track pairs the apparatus center of gravity being forwardly and rearwardly shiftable to select between use of the front or rear endless tracks for movement of the vehicle across a surface.
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1. A load moving apparatus comprising in combination:
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a vehicle frame, said frame having a front end and a rear end and right and left sides and having a vehicle center of gravity, a pair of front endless tracks one track of said pair being operably connected on each of said right and left vehicle sides, each of said front tracks having a track front end and a track rear end said front track front end being elevated with respect to said track rear end, a pair of rear endless tracks one track of said pair being operably connected on each of said right and left vehicle sides, each of said rear tracks having a track front end and a track rear end said rear track rear end being elevated with respect to said rear track front end. a load carrying means extending from a front end of said vehicle frame, a vehicle weight fulcrum area comprising said front track rear end and said rear track front end said vehicle weight fulcrum area operating to shift said vehicle center of gravity from said rear pair of endless tracks onto said front pair of endless tracks in response to a load on said load carrying means, and a power supply means for providing operating power to said front and rear endless tracks and said load carrying means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus for lifting and moving an object comprising:
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a power unit, a drive unit powered by said power unit, said drive unit comprised of a pair of opposed endless tracks for forward, rearward and rotational movement, a rearwardly disposed pivot wheel assembly, a workpiece engaging assembly; and a elevator connected to the workpiece engaging assembly for vertically lifting of said workpiece.
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