Truck ramp support device
OwnerLuke Fogg, JR.inventor
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Abstract
A truck ramp support device is useful to support truck ramps generally associated with trucks having cargo areas. The support device may comprise a pair of elongated members which have two general portions, a post member portion which is removably securable by suitable means at the rear of the truck and a ramp flange which extends from the upper end of the post member portions, and has a support area to engage an opposing portion of the truck ramp.
Claims12
A support for a truck ramp, in which the truck ramp is user-deployable between a stowed position and a deployed position, the ramp having a forward end securable to a rear of the truck to facilitate access to the floor of a truck cargo area, the truck ramp support comprising
- a pair of elongated members configured to engage a forward end of the truck ramp, each of the elongated members comprising a post member and a ramp flange, the post member having upper and lower ends, the ramp flange located at the upper end of the post member;
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- an engagement portion at the lower end of the post member, the engagement portion configured to engage the rear of the truck at a location proximate to the cargo area of the truck;
- wherein the ramp flanges include respective support areas oriented to engage the forward end of the ramp when the ramp is deployed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.