Method and apparatus for moving/transporting a wheeled vehicle

A method of transporting a wheeled vehicle along a horizontal underlying surface, the wheeled vehicle having a center of gravity between first and second locations on the wheeled vehicle spaced horizontally from each other along a first line, the method comprising the steps of:

• obtaining a moving apparatus comprising a frame with at least a first wheel and at least a first lifting portion;
• placing the moving apparatus in an operative position with respect to the wheeled vehicle wherein as viewed from a perspective along a horizontal line orthogonal to the first line:
• a) the at least first wheel is spaced away from the first location a distance to beyond the center of gravity;
• and b) the at least first lifting portion is spaced away from the second location a distance to beyond the center of gravity:
• with the moving apparatus in the operative position, exerting an upward force on the at least one lifting portion using the at least first wheel as a fulcrum on the underlying surface and thereby causing the moving apparatus to exert a force on the wheeled vehicle that causes the wheeled vehicle to assume a transporting orientation wherein the first location on the wheeled vehicle is raised relative to the second location on the wheeled vehicle;
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• with the wheeled vehicle in the transporting orientation, exerting a force on at least one of the moving apparatus and the wheeled vehicle that causes the moving apparatus to be advanced by causing the at least first wheel to be rolled against the horizontal underlying surface,
• wherein the wheeled vehicle comprises a plurality of wheels each having a rim and a tire mounted on the rim, the moving apparatus comprises at least a first lifting part, and the step of causing the moving apparatus to exert a force on the wheeled vehicle comprises causing the at least first lifting part to exert a force on one of the vehicle wheels,
• wherein the at least first wheel comprises the first wheel and a second wheel spaced from the first wheel, the moving apparatus frame comprising a mount portion for the first and second wheels and a first elongate arm extending from the mount portion and defining the first lifting portion.

A method of transporting a wheeled vehicle along a horizontal underlying surface, the wheeled vehicle having a center of gravity between first and second locations on the wheeled vehicle spaced horizontally from each other along a first line, the method comprising the steps of:

• obtaining a moving apparatus comprising a frame with at least a first wheel and at least a first lifting portion;
• placing the moving apparatus in an operative position with respect to the wheeled vehicle wherein as viewed from a perspective along a horizontal line orthogonal to the first line:
• a) the at least first wheel is spaced away from the first location a distance to beyond the center of gravity;
• and b) the at least first lifting portion is spaced away from the second location a distance to beyond the center of gravity;
• with the moving apparatus in the operative position, exerting an upward force on the at least one lifting portion using the at least first wheel as a fulcrum on the underlying surface and thereby causing the moving apparatus to exert a force on the wheeled vehicle that causes the wheeled vehicle to assume a transporting orientation wherein the first location on the wheeled vehicle is raised relative to the second location on the wheeled vehicle;
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• with the wheeled vehicle in the transporting orientation, exerting a force on at least one of the moving apparatus and the wheeled vehicle that causes the moving apparatus to be advanced by causing the at least first wheel to be rolled against the horizontal underlying surface,
• wherein the wheeled vehicle has a frame, the moving apparatus frame comprises first and second separate units and the step of placing the moving apparatus in the operative position comprises connecting:
• a) the first unit with the at least first wheel with the wheeled vehicle frame;
• and b) the second unit with the at least one lifting portion to the wheeled vehicle frame.

A method of transporting a wheeled vehicle along a horizontal underlying surface, the wheeled vehicle having a center of gravity between first and second locations on the wheeled vehicle spaced horizontally from each other along a first line, the method comprising the steps of:

• obtaining a moving apparatus comprising a frame with at least a first wheel and at least a first lifting portion;
• placing the moving apparatus in an operative position with respect to the wheeled vehicle wherein as viewed from a perspective along a horizontal line orthogonal to the first line:
• a) the at least first wheel is spaced away from the first location a distance to beyond the center of gravity;
• and b) the at least first lifting portion is spaced away from the second location a distance to beyond the center of gravity;
• with the moving apparatus in the operative position, exerting an upward force on the at least one lifting portion using the at least first wheel as a fulcrum on the underlying surface and thereby causing the moving apparatus to exert a force on the wheeled vehicle that causes the wheeled vehicle to assume a transporting orientation wherein the first location on the wheeled vehicle is raised relative to the second location on the wheeled vehicle;
• and
• with the wheeled vehicle in the transporting orientation, exerting a force on at least one of the moving apparatus and the wheeled vehicle that causes the moving apparatus to be advanced by causing the at least first wheel to be rolled against the horizontal underlying surface,
• wherein the wheeled vehicle comprises a plurality of wheels each having a rim and a tire mounted on the rim, the moving apparatus comprises at least a first lifting part, and the step of causing the moving apparatus to exert a force on the wheeled vehicle comprises causing the at least first lifting part to exert a force on one of the vehicle wheels,
• wherein the step of causing the moving apparatus to exert a force on the wheeled vehicle comprises causing the at least first lifting part to exert a force on the rim on the one vehicle wheel.