Patent ID: 7299517
Filing Date: 2007-11-27
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. An arcuate loading ramp for bicycles, motorcycles, and other two wheeled vehicles comprising two hinged together segments, a proximal portion, and a distal portion, each of which portions comprises a pair of spaced opposed side walls, each side wall having a vertical component and a horizontal component, the vertical component having a trapezoidal profile; a lower end plate to which is connected the proximal ends of the side walls of the proximal portion; and a reinforcement plate disposed at the distal end of the distal portion attached to the underside of the side walls; a center support having a first and second section, one section per segment, said center support being connected at its proximal end of the lower end plate, and connected at its distal end to the means at the distal end of the distal segment for offloading and having a series of spaced rungs mounted to each of the side walls, and which rungs rest on the center support; wherein, the profile of side walls comprises a vertical exterior segment, a horizontal top segment, an inwardly descending segment, a horizontal intermediate segment, and an interior vertical segment.