Patent ID: 7607186

Claim:
A wheelchair ramp, comprising: a plurality of ramp sections, said ramp sections being adapted for assembly to define a ramp surface upon which a wheelchair may traverse; a plurality of support structures; and a plurality of clamp members; said support structures being adapted to support said ramp sections in an elevated orientation with said clamp members adapted to clamp said ramp sections to said support structures, wherein said ramp sections include a plurality of side edges extending on opposing sides of the ramp surface and elevated above the ramp surface said ramp sections further include a mounting edge, disposed on opposing ends of said ramp sections, said mounting edges extend downwardly from the ramp surface and extends substantially the entire distance between said side edges, and wherein said support structures include a generally horizontal member, said horizontal members being adapted to receive at least one mounting edge of adjacent ramp sections, said horizontal members include an upwardly facing u-shaped receptacle spanning substantially across the entirety of said horizontal members, said receptacle being adapted to receive said receptacle being adapted to receive said two mounting edges of adjacent ramp sections, to, in turn, support each one of said at least one mounting edges along the entire length thereof.