Hitch-attached truck bed ramp
OwnerDaniel Fredetteinventor
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Abstract
The truck bed ramp is a mechanical structure. The truck bed ramp is configured for use in transporting a vehicle. The truck bed ramp incorporates an openwork platform structure, a receiver structure, a plurality of wheel ramps, and a pickup truck. The openwork platform structure, the receiver structure, and the plurality of wheel ramps are contained in the pickup truck. The receiver structure attaches to the openwork platform structure. The plurality of wheel ramps attach to the openwork platform structure. The receiver structure secures the openwork platform structure to a hitch of the pickup truck. The plurality of wheel ramps load the vehicle into a bed of the pickup truck.
Claims10
A truck bed ramp comprising
- a receiver structure, a plurality of wheel ramps, and a pickup truck;
- wherein an openwork platform structure, the receiver structure, and the plurality of wheel ramps are contained in the pickup truck;
- wherein the truck bed ramp is configured for use in transporting a vehicle;
- wherein the receiver structure attaches to the openwork platform structure;
- wherein the plurality of wheel ramps attach to the openwork platform structure;
- wherein the pickup truck further comprises a hitch;
- wherein the openwork platform structure rests on a superior surface of the bed of the pickup truck;
- wherein the receiver structure secures the openwork platform structure to the hitch of the pickup truck;
- wherein the plurality of wheel ramps are configured for loading the vehicle into the bed of the pickup truck;
- wherein the openwork platform structure is configured for elevating the vehicle above the bed of the pickup truck;
- wherein the receiver structure is configured for receiving the openwork platform structure into a fixed position relative to the bed of the pickup truck;
- wherein the openwork platform structure comprises a superior face, an inferior face, a plurality of lateral faces, a left side ramp channel, and a right side ramp channel;
- wherein the superior face forms the supporting surface that is configured for elevating the vehicle above the bed of the pickup truck;
- wherein the inferior face is configured for receiving the loads of the superior face and the vehicle from the plurality of lateral faces;
- wherein the inferior face forms a pedestal that is configured for transferring the loads of the vehicle and the openwork platform structure to the bed of the pickup truck.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.