Portable loading ramp for a pickup truck

• US 6,296,290 B1
• Filed: 04/30/1999
• Issued: 10/02/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nathan Wolf
• Original Assignee: Nathan Wolf
• Inventors: Wolf, Nathan
• Primary Examiner(s): Dayoan, D. Glenn
• Assistant Examiner(s): GUTMAN, HILARY L
• Application Number:
  US09/302,501
• Time in Patent Office: 886 Days
• Field of Search: 296/26.08, 296/26.09, 296/26.1, 296/26.11, 296/61, 414/462, 414/537, 224/403, 224/405, 224/521
• US Class Current: 296/61
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 1/43 using a loading ramp mounted on the vehicle loading ramps per se B65G69/28
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 9/06 at vehicle front or rear rear luggage compartments within vehicle extensible externally of the vehicle body B60R5/041
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 25/00 Superstructure or monocoque structure sub-units; Parts or details thereof not otherwise provided for having impact absorbing means B62D21/15; running-boards, steps, or the like as superstructure sub-unit B60R3/00
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 33/0273 Movable tailboards for vehicles comprising non-movable sideboards, e.g. pick-up trucks B62D33/037 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65G 69/30 Non-permanently installed loading ramps, e.g. transportable

Abstract

A portable loading ramp for a pickup truck including an elongate hitch mount which is removably attached to a hitch on a pickup truck, and further including first and second ramp members which are hingedly mounted upon the elongate hitch mount, and also including a vehicle support which includes a sleeve support member, a sleeve member attached to the sleeve support member, and a support arm lockably extendable in the sleeve member and having an end which either attaches to the small vehicle to secure the vehicle on the truck box or securely supports the back end of the small vehicle above the floor of the truck box.

Claims

1. A portable loading ramp for a pickup truck comprising:

an elongate hitch mount being adapted to be removably and securely connected to a hitch;

a first ramp member having a front end and a back end which is hingedly disposed upon said elongate hitch mount;

a second ramp member having a back end and a front end which is hingedly disposed upon said elongate hitch mount; and

a vehicle support assembly mounted upon said second ramp member, said vehicle support assembly including an extendable support member, said extendable support member including a sleeve support member which is pivotally mounted to said mounting brackets on said second ramp member, a sleeve member having a first end securely attached to said sleeve support member and having an open second end, and also including a support arm having a first end and being slidably and lockably extended in said sleeve member to securely support a small vehicle.

2. A portable loading ramp for a pickup truck as described in claim 1, wherein said support arm has a second end which is T-shaped and which is contactable to a rear portion of the small vehicle for supporting the small vehicle above a floor of a truck box.

3. A portable loading ramp for a pickup truck as described in claim 1, wherein said support arm has a second end which is attachable to a hitch on the small vehicle, for securing the small vehicle upon the truck box.

4. A portable loading ramp for a pickup truck as described in claim 1, wherein said support arm is extendable in and out of said sleeve member and includes a plurality of holes extending through a wall thereof and being spaced along a length thereof for selective lockable extension of said support arm relative to said sleeve member.