Patent ID: 7870631

Claim:
A ramp assembly for a vehicle having a floor, the ramp assembly comprising: (a) a ramp rotatably coupled within the vehicle; (b) a moving floor, comprising: (i) an outboard panel having an outboard end hingedly coupled to an inboard end of the ramp to define an outboard hinge line, the outboard hinge line moving between a raised position when the ramp is in a stowed position and a lowered position when the ramp is in a deployed position; and (ii) an inboard panel having an outboard end hingedly coupled to an inboard end of the outboard panel; and (c) a reciprocating mechanism to reciprocate an inboard end of the inboard panel between a lowered position when the ramp is in the stowed position, and a raised position when the ramp is in the deployed position.