US PATENT SUBCLASS 180 / 198
PORTABLE CARRIER SUPPORTS MOTOR VEHICLE IN TOTO AND IS PROPELLED THEREBY


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180 /   HD   MOTOR VEHICLES

198PORTABLE CARRIER SUPPORTS MOTOR VEHICLE IN TOTO AND IS PROPELLED THEREBY


DEFINITION

Classification: 180/198

PORTABLE CARRIER SUPPORTS MOTOR VEHICLE IN TOTO AND IS PROPELLED THEREBY:

(under the class definition) Apparatus comprising a dolly or platform having ground-engaging supporting members in the nature of wheels or wheel substitutes and serving as the sole support for a motor vehicle, the motor of the vehicle being utilized to drive the loaded dolly or platform.

(1) Note. The motor vehicle does not undergo any significant change in identity or status.

(2) Note. The motor vehicle most commonly drives the dolly or platform by (a) driving its own wheels or wheel substitutes to drive directly (e.g., by a belt or chain and the appropriate gearing or by frictional engagement) or indirectly (e.g., by a treadmill) the ground-engaging, supporting members of the dolly or platform, or (b) driving the ground-engaging, supporting members directly from a power take-off located at the vehicle's motor, transmission, etc.