Auto repair ramp with signal

An automobile service ramp comprising a unitary sheet metal body member including a ramp portion, a wheel rest portion and a support portion;

• said ramp portion having a concave track portion having a number of transverse extending corrugations, and
• a pair of integral ribs extending longitudinally with respect to said ramp portion along each side thereof;
• said longitudinal ribs upstanding above the level of the transverse corrugations and said longitudinal ribs including depending extensions constituting continuations of said longitudinal ribs having a length below the neutral fiber of a cross section of the ramp portion at least three times the maximum distance of the longitudinal rib above the neutral fiber;
• including handle means pivotally secured to said ramp in the rest portion;
• wherein said handle is positioned whereby the movement of a tire on to the rest portion of said ramp moves said handle to a stored position.

An automobile service ramp comprising a unitary sheet metal body member including a ramp portion, a wheel rest portion and a support portion;

• said ramp portion having a concave track portion having a number of transverse extending corrugations;
• a pair of integral ribs extending longitudinally with respect to said ramp portion along each side thereof;
• said longitudinal ribs upstanding above the level of the transverse corrugations and said longitudinal ribs including depending extensions constituting continuations of said longitudinals ribs having a length below the neutral fiber of a cross section of the ramp portion at least three times the maximum distance of the longitudinal rib above the neutral fiber;
• including handle means pivotally secured to said ramp in the rest portion;
• wherein said handle means includes a portion engagable with an audible sound upon movement to a stored position.

A service ramp comprising an inclined ramp portion, a rest portion for holding a vehicle wheel and a support portion for one end of said rest portion;

• indicator means secured to said ramp;
• said indicator means movable from a first to a second position with respect to said ramp by the movement of a vehicle wheel to the desired rest position;
• said indicator means and said ramp cooperating to provide an audible indication of movement of said indicator means;
• and
• said indicator means in rotatable to said first position whereupon said indicator means constitutes a handle for lifting of said ramp.

A vehicle repair ramp comprising

• a unitary sheet metal body including an inclined ramp portion having a supporting foot at one end and terminating at the opposite end in a recessed rest portion for holding a vehicle wheel, said rest portion terminating at its end opposite the said ramp portion in a leg portion;
• the supporting foot of said inclined ramp portion and said leg portion constituting the sole support for said ramp and rest portions;
• said ramp portion including a plurality of integral transverse ribs and a pair of longitudinal ribs, one of said longitudinal ribs located on each side of said ramp portion;
• said longitudinal ribs each having an integral depending skirt portion having a length below the neutral surface of the beam formed by said ramp portion at least three times the distance of said longitudinal ribs above said neutral fiber.