Transport apparatus for wheeled vehicle

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A WHEELED VEHICLE AND A TRANSPORT TRAILER THEREFOR, SAID WHEELED VEHICLE COMPRISING A FRAME SUPPORTED BY A PAIR OF SPACED POWER DRIVEN FRONT GROUND WHEELS AND A REAR, SWIVELLY MOUNTED GROUND WHEEL, SAID TRANSPORT TRAILER COMPRISING ELONGATED AND PARALLEL FRONT AND REAR AXLES EACH HAVING A PAIR OF GROUND WHEELS ROTATABLY MOUNTED AT ITS OPPOSITE ENDS, A FORWARDLY EXTENDING TOWING TONGUE CONNECTED TO THE FRONT AXLE, SAID AXLES BEING SPACED AN INTERVAL LESS THAN THE DIAMETER OF THE POWER DRIVEN GROUND WHEELS, AND A PAIR OF ELONGATED RAMPS EXTENDING REARWARDLY OF THE REAR AXLE WITH MEANS INTERMEDIATE THE LONGITUDINAL EXTENT OF EACH OF SAID RAMPS OSCILLATABLY SUPPORTING SUCH RAMP UPON THE REAR AXLE FOR OSCILLATION ABOUT THE REAR AXLE AS AN AXIS, WHEREBY THE WHEELED VEHICLE CAN BE DRIVEN FORWARDLY WITH THE POWER DRIVEN GROUND WHEELS ADVANCING UPON THE RAMPS TO A TRANSPORT POSITION OF THE WHEELED VEHICLE WHEREIN THE POWER DRIVEN GROUND WHEELS OVERLIE THE SPACE INTERMEDIATE THE AXLES AND NESTLE DOWNWARDLY BETWEEN THE AXLES TO AN EXTENT LIMITED BY THE SPACING OF THE LATTER, WITH SUCH WHEELS BEARING DOWNWARDLY AGAINST THE RAMPS FORWARDLY OF THE REAR AXLE TO HOLD THE RAMPS REARWARDLY OF THE REAR AXLE IN A RAISED POSITION, AND WHEREIN THE SWIVELED GROUND WHEEL IS DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY REARWARDLY OF THE REAR AXLE, WITH THE RESULT THAT THE WEIGHT OF THE WHEELED VEHICLE IS CARRIED BY THE SWIVELED WHEEL AND THE WHEELS OF THE TRANSPORT TRAILER.