Patent ID: 9586656
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: B60P,B63B

Claim:
1. A vehicle comprising: a body having a front end, a back end, a right side, a left side, and a bottom, the front end being movable between a closed configuration and an open configuration; a platform in the region of the front end; and a ramp located between the front end and the back end under the platform, wherein the ramp comprises an actuator located on an underside of the ramp, a drive unit located on the underside of the ramp coupled to the actuator and the front end of the vehicle, a servomechanism located on the underside of the ramp coupled to a first ramp portion and a second ramp portion, the ramp movable via the drive unit and the actuator, when the front end is in the open configuration, to an extended position in which the ramp extends outward from the front end of the body, wherein the second ramp portion is pivotable relative to the first ramp portion via the servomechanism, both the first and second ramp portions extending from the front end of the body and the first ramp portion remaining parallel to the platform while the first ramp portion extends from the front end of the body, and the second ramp portion moving at an angle relative to the first ramp portion, both the first and second ramp portions forming a top surface of the ramp.