Mass transportation system

Claim 1

A MASS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR MOVING PEDESTRIANS FROM AN OUTLYING AREA TO A DOWNTOWN AREA, COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL, ADJACENT ENDLESS CONVEYORS FORMING A CLOSED LOOP BETWEEN SAID OUTLYING AREA AND SAID DOWNTOWN AREA; DRIVING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID CONVEYORS FOR DRIVING THEM CONTINUOUSLY AT PROGRESSIVELY INCREASING SPEEDS FROM ONE CONVEYOR TO THE NEXT. A STATIONARY PLATFORM ENCOMPASSING SAID CONVEYORS, WHEREBY PEDESTRIANS HAVE ACCESS TO SAID CONVEYORS AT ANY POINT BETWEEN SAID OUTLYING AREA AND SAID DOWNTOWN AREA, SAID PLURALITY OF CONVEYORS INCLUDING A FIRST CONVEYOR IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT SAID PLATFORM, A SECOND CONVEYOR ADJACENT SAID FIRST CONVEYOR, A THIRD CONVEYOR ADJACENT SAID SECOND CONVEYOR, AND A FOURTH CONVEYOR ADJACENT SAID THIRD CONVEYOR, THE UPPER SURFACES OF SAID PLATFORM AND SAID CONVEYORS BEING AT THE SAME RELATIVE ELEVATION AND WHEREIN SAID MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID CONVEYORS INCLUDES FIRST MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID FIRST CONVEYOR AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES PER HOUR, SECOND MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID SECOND CONVEYOR AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES PER HOUR, THIRD MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID THIRD CONVEYOR AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES PER HOUR AND FOURTH MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID FOURTH CONVEYOR AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES PER HOUR, AN UPSTANDING WALL ADJACENT SAID FOURTH CONVEYOR, EACH CONVEYOR COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF LINKS CONNECTED TOGETHER TO FORM AN ENDLESS TRACK, EACH LINK INCLUDING A TONGUE PORTION AND A BIFURCATED PORTION, THE BIFURCATED PORTION OF ONE LINK SLIDABLY ENGAGING THE TONGUE PORTION OF AN ADJACENT LINK, EACH OF SAID TONGUE PORTIONS INCLUDING AN ELONGATED SLOT AND EACH OF SAID BIFURCATED PORTIONS INCLUDING AN APERTURE, PLATFORM SECTIONS MOUNTED TRANSVERSELY ACROSS EACH OF SAID LINKS, A PIN CONNECTING EACH PLATFORM SECTION TO ASSOCIATED LINK SECTIONS, EACH OF SAID PINS PASSING THROUGH A PLATFORM SECTION, AN ASSOCIATED APERTURE AND AN ASSOCIATED ELONGATED SLOT, AND ROLLER MEANS ROTATABLY MOUNTED ADJACENT EACH CONVEYOR, SAID ROLLER MEANS INCLUDING GROOVES ENGAGEABLE BY SAID TRACKS.