Patent ID: 7524156

Claim:
An apparatus for loading a wheeled vehicle in a bed of a pickup truck, the apparatus comprising: an equipment storage system cover having a cab end and a tailgate end; the equipment storage system cover being disposed on the bed; a pair of retractable ramps configured to be selectively stored in and removed from the equipment storage system cover; the pair of retractable ramps being configured for extending generally horizontally from the tailgate end over a tailgate; each of the pair of retractable ramps being further configured to pivot about an intermediate hinge, generally disposed at an outside end of the tailgate, so as to angle downward to a ground position; one of an interchangeable and retractable tool tray and an interchangeable central ramp disposed in a central bay between the pair of retractable ramps; wherein the central bay is defined by a longitudinal support on each side; a cover end ramp member configured to be an end to the ramp and equipment storage system cover and to form a ramp when a top edge is hinged to the ramp and equipment storage system cover and a bottom edge is free and spans and contacts a top portion of each of the pair of retractable ramps and one of the interchangeable retractable tool tray and the interchangeable central ramp disposed therebetween and further rests upon a generally horizontal portion of each of the pair of retractable ramps; wherein each of the pair of retractable ramps further comprises an extendable distal ramp portion disposed within a portion of the ramp and configured to be slid out so as to extend an overall length of the ramp.