| 摘要 |
The vehicle carrier of the present invention employs a tilting 'I' beam (12) centered on the rear of a truck type carrier (10). First and second wheel carriers (26, 28) are carried by the 'I' beam. The wheel carriers are translatable along the 'I' beam. The first wheel carrier engages and lifts the wheels (50) of the vehicle to be transported (52) that are located adjacent to the back of the carrier vehicle. The second wheel carrier engages and lifts the wheels (51) of the vehicle to be transported that are remote from the back of the carrier vehicle. The wheel carriers have 'U' shaped yokes (48) pivotally attached at each distal end of a cross member (46) that is positioned normal to the longitudinal center line of the 'I' beam. The yokes are spring biased toward the front of the vehicle to be carried so that one of the yoke arms first engages the front of a wheel and pivots around that wheel as the wheel carrier is translated rearwardly away from the carrier vehicle.
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