Displaceable platform structure and method of the displacement thereof

A displaceable load carrying structure comprising a main support arrangement, first and second sets of support legs for supporting the main support arrangement, said support legs being vertically movable between raised and lowered positions relative to the main support arrangement, each such set of legs being capable of displacement as a set between said raised positions and said lowered positions, and being laterally displaced relative to the other set whilst the legs of the other set are in their lowered supporting positions.

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A method of displacing a load carrying structure having a main support arrangement, first and second sets of support legs for supporting the main support arrangement, the support legs being vertically movable between raised and lowered positions relative to the main support arrangement, from one location at which the structure is being supported by all sets of support legs to another location, by a sequence of steps comprising vertically displacing the legs of the first set of support legs from their structure supporting lowered position, displacing the raised legs relative to the main support arrangement towards a desired another location relative to the main support arrangement, returning the first set of legs to their structure supporting lowered positions, vertically displacing the second set of support legs from their supporting lowered positions to their raised positions, displacing the raised second set of support legs together with the main support arrangement towards the another location, and then lowering the raised second set of support legs to their lowered main support arrangement supporting position.