Patent ID: 6887028
Filing Date: 2005-05-03
Classification: B60P,B65G

Abstract:
1. A ramp-rack article, for use in combination with the bed of a transport vehicle, in a first mode as a downward sloping ramp to the ground on which the vehicle rests, and in second mode as a rack for containing cargo resting on the bed, wherein said bed has pockets along an edge for receiving two or more spaced apart stakes, which comprises: a lengthwise extending article body having a first end shaped to engage an edge of said vehicle bed, a second end for contacting said ground, a working surface for supporting objects moving to or from the first to the second end, when the ramp-rack article is used in the first mode as a ramp; and, at least two spaced apart stakes projecting transversely from one edge of the body, so the ramp-rack may be held vertically in place along the edge of said vehicle bed, when the ramp-rack article is used in the second mode as a rack; the body having at least two spaced apart pockets, located along the side of the body which is opposite the side from which the stakes project, for receiving a stakes of a second like ramp rack article when the ramp-rack is used in said second mode.