Patent ID: 7533923
Filing Date: 2009-05-19
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
1. A tailgate ramp system comprising: a truck bed having a bottom wall, a front wall, a first lateral wall and second lateral wall, each of said bottom, first and second lateral walls each having a rear edge defining an opening into said truck bed; a tailgate being hingedly coupled to said rear edge of said bottom wall, said tailgate being vertically oriented to define a closed position or horizontally oriented to define an open position, said tailgate having an upper surface when said tailgate is in said open position; a liner being positioned in and covering an inner surface of said truck bed, said liner including a base wall, a first side wall, a second side wall and a forward wall, said base wall being positioned on said bottom wall, said base wall having a back edge being aligned with said rear edge, said back edge having a pair of elongated wells extending therein and being positioned between a top side and a bottom side of said base wall; and a pair of ramps, each of said ramps having a first end and a second end, each of said ramps being removably positioned in one of said wells to define a stored position, each of said first ends being attached to said tailgate and said second ends abutting a ground surface to define a deployed position.