Patent ID: 8251350

Claim:
A ramp for lifting and supporting a wheel of a vehicle thereon when the wheel is driven onto the ramp, said ramp comprising: a body including opposite first and second ends, with a portion of the body tapering to the first end, said body including an upper wheel-engaging surface extending between the body ends, with the wheel-engaging surface being configured to engage the vehicle wheel when driven and supported thereon, said body including a ground-engaging surface extending between the body ends and being opposite the wheel-engaging surface, said ground-engaging surface including a first surface portion adjacent the first body end, with the wheel-engaging surface and the first surface portion converging toward the first body end, said ground-engaging surface including a second surface portion adjacent the second body end, with a portion of the wheel-engaging surface and the second surface portion being spaced apart in a substantially parallel relationship, each of said first and second surface portions being substantially planar, said first and second surface portions cooperatively defining an angle therebetween to present a body pivot about which the body rocks when the vehicle wheel is driven onto the wheel-engaging surface, said body being configured to rock about the pivot from a ready position, in which the first surface portion engages the ground to facilitate driving of the vehicle wheel onto the wheel-engaging surface, to a support position, in which the second surface portion engages the ground and the vehicle wheel is supported on the wheel-engaging surface and thereby elevated above the ground.