Carriage for transferring objects

Abstract

A steerable carriage for transferring wheeled vehicles includes a device for engaging in the carriage with a vehicle in a propulsion force transmitting manner and for elevating at least one wheel of the vehicle from a ground level, with the carriage transmitting a propulsion force to the vehicle through the engaging device and through the at least one elevated wheel of the vehicle, at least one support member on the engaging device arranged to be respectively movable to cause the wheel and the support member to assume a relative position in which at least a part of the wheel is located on the support member and is supported by the support member, at least one actuating a member on the engaging device, a chassis having at least one steerable wheel in its forward part, and legs on the chassis extending between the forward part and the engaging device, wherein said legs have an adjustable length to permit adjustment of a distance between the forward part of the chassis and the engaging device.

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