Loading ramp

A loading ramp including:

• a first ramp portion having a first width, and a first side and a second side defining a first recessed space therein;
• a second ramp portion having a second width less than the first width and a first side and a second side defining a second recessed space therein;
• a third ramp portion having a third width less than the second width and a first side and a second side and defining a third recessed space therein;
• first and second hinge assemblies each including a first plate member having a first end attached to one of the first or second side of the second ramp portion and a second end, a second plate member having a first end attached to one of the first or second sides of the adjacent first ramp portion and a second end, and a pivot connecting the first and second plate members at the second ends;
• and third and fourth hinge assemblies each including a third plate member having a first end attached to one of the first or second sides of the third ramp portion and a second end, a fourth plate member having a first end attached to a first or second side of the adjacent second ramp portion and a second end, and a pivot connecting the third and fourth plate members at the second ends, wherein the loading ramp has an extended position and a folded position where the third ramp portion is nested within the second ramp portion such that the third ramp portion is disposed in the second recessed space, and the second and third ramp portions are nested within the first ramp portion such that the second and third ramp portions are disposed in the first recessed space, and wherein in the folded position the first end of each of the first plate members is adjacent to the first end of the respective second plate member such that the first and second plate members of each of the first and second hinge assemblies overlap one another, and the first end of each of the third plate members is adjacent to the first end of the respective fourth plate member such that the third and fourth plate members of each of the third and fourth hinge assemblies overlap one another.

A loading ramp including:

• a first ramp portion having a first width, a first height, and first and second sides defining a first recessed space therein;
• a second ramp portion pivotally coupled to the first ramp portion and having a second width less than the first width and first and second sides defining a second recessed space therein;
• first and second hinge assemblies pivotally connecting the first and second ramp portions, each hinge assembly including a first hinge plate having a first end attached to an outer surface of one of the first or second sides of the second ramp portion at the first end of the second ramp portion, a second hinge plate having a first end attached to an inner surface of an adjacent one of the first or second sides of the first ramp portion at the second end of the first ramp portion;
• and a third ramp portion pivotally coupled to the second ramp portion and having a third width less than the second width and having first and second sides defining a third recessed space therein;
• and third and fourth hinge assemblies each including a third plate member having a first end attached to one of the first or second sides of the third ramp portion and a second end, a fourth plate member having a first end attached to a first or second side of the adjacent second ramp portion and a second end;
• wherein the loading ramp has an extended position and a folded position where the third ramp portion is nested within the second ramp portion such that the third ramp portion is disposed in the second recessed space, and the second and third ramp portions are nested within the first ramp portion such that the second and third ramp portions are disposed in the first recessed space, wherein in the folded position the first, second, and third ramp portions have a combined height greater than the first height and less than one and one third the first height.