Patent ID: 7523516

Claim:
An extended ramp device for assisting animals in escaping from a body of water, the extended ramp device comprising: (a) a substantially planar upper, support portion comprising a central, climbing member and two wing members, each of the wing members being bendable along a substantially straight upper edge of the wing member, each of the wing members further comprising an arched lower edge opposite the substantially straight upper edge and at least two substantially keyhole-shaped slots, the flexible wing members being connected to opposite sides of the central climbing member, each of the wing members further comprising a substantially straight, angled side edge at a front of the wing member; (b) a substantially planar lower, extension portion, the upper, support portion and the lower, extension portion comprising a plurality of toehold perforations; (c) at least two brace members, each of the brace members comprising a male end connecting projection on each opposite end of the brace member, each of the brace male end connecting projections being insertable in the at least two substantially keyhole-shaped slots; and (d) a mechanism for removably attaching the extended ramp device to a structure adjacent or in the body of water; wherein the extended ramp device comprises a disassembled position comprising the separate (a)-(c) components, and an assembled position for use in the body of water.