Patent ID: 8127389
Filing Date: 2012-03-06
Classification: B66F

Abstract:
1. A portable ramp system comprising: a pair of ramps, each ramp extending in a longitudinal direction and including a sloping contact surface on a top side, a planar contact surface on a bottom side, and two opposing and substantially parallel ends of different height extending between the sloping contact surface and the planar contact surface; a flexible tether having an adjustable length “L” in communication with and located between the pair of ramps and arranged perpendicular to a central longitudinal axis of each ramp; and a holder sized to receive each ramp and having means for mounting the holder to a deck of a piece of wheeled lawn equipment having front and rear wheels, the pair of ramps at least partially residing within the holder when in a stowed position on the piece of wheeled lawn equipment; the sloping contact surface of each ramp having a constant slope and spanning the distance between the two opposing and substantially parallel ends, the constant slope selected to allow the piece of wheeled lawn equipment to move between a first lower elevation and a second higher elevation without the front wheels becoming airborne as the piece of wheeled lawn equipment traverses the pair of ramps in a forward direction; the pair of ramps moving between the stowed position on the piece of wheeled lawn equipment to a deployed position off of the piece of wheeled lawn equipment, the flexible tether being a means to deploy the pair of ramps from the piece of wheeled lawn equipment and place the pair of ramps at a correct distance for receiving the front wheels.