Patent ID: 8105007

Claim:
A vehicle transport ramp system for use with a transport vehicle to be driven on a driving surface, the transport vehicle having a transport vehicle bed, a first side wall and an opposing second side wall about a periphery of the transport vehicle bed, the transport ramp system comprising: an upper ramp having a first upper ramp end and an opposing second upper ramp end generally defining an upper ramp plane, a first upper ramp edge and an opposing second upper ramp edge, the upper ramp being sized and configured to be pivotally mountable to the transport vehicle and operative to form a door; a lower ramp having a first lower ramp side and an opposing second lower ramp side, a first lower ramp edge and an opposing second lower ramp edge, and a first lower ramp end and an opposing second lower ramp end, the first lower ramp end being pivotally connected to the second upper ramp end by a hinge and the second lower ramp end being pivotally mountable to the transport vehicle bed; a first lower ramp enclosure panel and a second lower ramp enclosure panel mountable to the first lower ramp side, the first lower ramp enclosure panel and the second lower ramp enclosure panel being operative to partially enclose the transport vehicle as the lower ramp is lowered toward the driving surface; and a first side wall enclosure panel proximate to the first lower ramp enclosure panel and a second side wall enclosure panel proximate to the second lower ramp enclosure panel operative to slidably enclose the transport vehicle as the lower ramp is lowered toward the driving surface.