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A portable stage, transportable in a stacked configuration on a conventional truck trailer, has two modular units manually or vehicularly positionable side-by-side to define the platform of the stage. The platform of one unit is laterally and angularly relocatable relative to the supporting frame to

A portable stage, transportable in a stacked configuration on a conventional truck trailer, has two modular units manually or vehicularly positionable side-by-side to define the platform of the stage. The platform of one unit is laterally and angularly relocatable relative to the supporting frame to position it contactingly adjacent the platform of the other unit. A plurality of carts, nestable as pairs intermediate the stackedunits during transport, are deployed to convey the equipment used on the stage from a source or depot to the assembled stage and return. A pair of ramps serve multiple functions of loading and unloading the units and the carts and are configured to be anchored to different load bearing receiving elements. A specifically configured detachably attached yoke permits turning of pivotally mounted paired wheel trucks while positioning a unit to assemble or disassemble the stage. The units may include detachably attached platform extensions to increase the length and foldable platform sides to increase the width. A manually vertically locatable landing is disposed at one end of a unit. Raceways beneath at least one platform and access holes in the platform provide for routing of power cables and other electrical conduits to equipment to be used on the stage. Wheel chocks, interacting with opposed pairs of wheels of the wheel trucks, positionally stabilize each of the wheel trucks during transport. Rotatably mounted extendable jacks assist in supporting each of the units of the assembled stage.

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[ What is claimed is:] [10.] A transportable stage comprising in combination:(a) a first unit having a first frame and a first platform supported upon said first frame;(b) a second unit having a second frame and a second platform supported upon said second frame;(c) a plurality of wheel trucks for s

[ What is claimed is:] [10.] A transportable stage comprising in combination:(a) a first unit having a first frame and a first platform supported upon said first frame;(b) a second unit having a second frame and a second platform supported upon said second frame;(c) a plurality of wheel trucks for supporting and transporting each of said first and second units to and from the location of assembly of said stage;(d) a yoke for engaging first and second ones of said wheel trucks disposed at one end of one of said units to pull and steer said unit to and from the location of assembly of said stage, said yoke including a first rigid triangular member having an apex and a pair of arms secured to opposed sides of said first wheel truck, a second rigid triangular member having an apex and a pair of arms secured to opposed sides of said second wheel truck and a bar pivotally attached to the apex of each of said first and second rigid triangular members;(e) a journal member interconnecting each wheel truck of said plurality of wheel trucks with one of said first and second frames to permit steering each of said first and second units during individual movements of said first and second units to and from the location of assembly and disassembly of said stage; and(f) one of said first and second units including a slide assembly for slidably mounting the respective first and second platform upon the respective first and second frame to permit sliding positioning of the slidable platform adjacent the other platform upon assembly of said stage.