Patent ID: 8104128

Claim:
A vehicular slope apparatus comprising; a first slope section that is rotatably connected to a body of a vehicle at its base end, and a second slope section that is slidably connected to an extension side of the first slope section, the first slope section including an assistance mechanism that applies an assistance force (Mf) in a direction in which the first slope section rotates upwardly and toward the body around the base end as a rotation center, the assistance force (Mf) being larger than a downward moment that occurs at a center of gravity (M 1 ) of the entire of the vehicular slope apparatus when the entire of the vehicular slope apparatus is horizontalized in a state in which the second slope section is received within the first slope section, and is smaller than a downward moment that occurs at a center of gravity (M 2 ) of the entire of the vehicular slope apparatus when the second slope section is extended from the first slope section to a maximum extent, the center of gravity of the entire of the vehicular slope apparatus continuously changing from the center of gravity M 1 to the center of gravity M 2 when the second slope section is slidingly extended from the first slope section, and the first slope section rotating when the second slope section has been extended to a predetermined extent so that an end of the vehicular slope apparatus comes in contact with the ground.