Patent ID: 6379101
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: B60P,B60R,Y10S

Abstract:
A rearward extending vehicle ramp system for loading and unloading a small-sized wheeled vehicle into a vehicle having a rectangular trailer hitch socket, said ramp system removably attachable to the trailer hitch socket, and said ramp system comprising:(a) a mounting bar having a rectangular cross section and having a straight portion terminating in a free end adapted for insertion into the trailer hitch socket, said mounting bar connected to a rectangular ramp base; (b) a first ramp member having a free front end portion and a second end portion hingeably mounted to the rectangular ramp base, wherein said free front end portion is adapted to incline up to the motor vehicle interior floor; (c) a second ramp member having a front end portion and a second end portion, wherein said front end portion is hingeably mounted to the rectangular ramp base; (d) a third ramp member having a front end portion and a free second end portion, wherein said front end portion is hingeably mounted to the second end portion of said second ramp member; the free second end portion of third ramp member adapted to contact the ground surface, when said ramp system is unfolded; wherein when said second ramp member and said third ramp member are unfolded, a small-sized wheeled vehicle can move up said ramp system into the motor vehicle.