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US 2019/0160993 A1Published application
Truck lift gate system
OwnerJerzy Maslowskiinventor
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Abstract
A dual hinged, diamond-steel plate structured and arranged to swing to cover the gap between a truck or trailer's floor and its lift-gate thereby eliminating the gap in between the trailer floor and lift gate to make loading and unloading the truck trailer a much easier and smoother operation.
Claims13
In a truck lift gate system including lift gate platform having an upper surface, a front edge portion, a back edge portion, and two spaced side edge portions extending between said front edge portion and said back edge portion;
- and a lifting and lowering mechanism movably attachable to a back end section of a truck and adapted to move said lift gate platform into and out of a loading position with respect to a loading platform of said truck, the improvement comprising:
- an extension plate including:
- an upper surface;
- a front edge portion;
- a back edge portion;
- and
- two spaced side edge portions;
- wherein said two spaced side edge portions extending between said front edge portion and said back edge portion;
- and
- at least one hinge member;
- wherein said at least one hinge member is attached to said back edge portion of said extension plate;
- and
- wherein said at least one hinge member is adapted to be attached to said front edge portion of said lift gate platform;
- wherein said extension plate is adapted to pivot with respect to said lift gate platform and substantially cover any gap between said lift gate platform and a loading platform of a back end section of a truck when said lift gate platform is placed in a loading position with respect to said loading platform of said truck via said lifting and lowering mechanism;
- and
- wherein said extension plate is adapted to pivot with respect to said lift gate platform and lay on top of said upper surface of said lift gate platform when said lift gate platform is moved out of said loading position with respect to said loading platform of said truck via said lifting and lowering mechanism.
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An improved lift gate system comprising:
- a lift gate platform including:
- an upper surface;
- a lower surface;
- a front edge portion;
- a back edge portion;
- and
- two spaced side edge portions;
- wherein said two spaced side edge portions extend between said front edge portion and said back edge portion;
- and
- a lifting and lowering mechanism;
- wherein said lifting and lowering mechanism is movably attachable to a back end section of a truck and adapted to move said lift gate platform into and out of a loading position with respect to a loading platform of said truck;
- an extension plate including:
- an upper surface;
- a front edge portion;
- a back edge portion;
- and
- two spaced side edge portions;
- wherein said two spaced side edge portions extending between said front edge portion and said back edge portion;
- and
- at least one hinge member;
- wherein said at least one hinge member is attached to said back edge portion of said extension plate;
- and
- wherein said at least one hinge member is adapted to be attached to said front edge portion of said lift gate platform;
- wherein said extension plate is adapted to pivot with respect to said lift gate platform and substantially cover any gap between said lift gate platform and a loading platform of a back end section of a truck when said lift gate platform is placed in a loading position with respect to said loading platform of said truck via said lifting and lowering mechanism;
- and
- wherein said extension plate is adapted to pivot with respect to said lift gate platform and lay on top of said upper surface of said lift gate platform when said lift gate platform is moved out of said loading position with respect to said loading platform of said truck via said lifting and lowering mechanism.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.