Patent ID: 6029579
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
A guide system connected to an axle of a vehicle, comprising, a guide assembly with two inclined guidance wheels displaceable along at least one ground guide rail provided in the ground;wherein the guide assembly is a directional unit (1) formed of two separate adjacent arms (2 and 3) which are each separately pivotable about an axis (7) extending transverse of the vehicle; each of the two separate adjacent arms (2 and 3) supports an inclined guidance wheel (12, 13 or 14, 15) adjacent a free extremity thereof which is engageable for movement along said at least one ground guide rail; a coupling restraint acts on the two separate adjacent arms (2 and 3) and a contact shoe biases both of the two separate adjacent arms (2 and 3) toward engagement with the at least one ground guide rail to facilitate constant engagement therewith during use of the guide system.