Device for loading a small vehicle or other load onto a pickup truck

A device for loading loads onto a vehicle comprising:

• a stationary frame comprising a pair of parallel stationary rails, each of said stationary rails having a C-shaped cross section defining an open side, a front end, and a rear end;
• said stationary frame further including means for attaching said stationary frame to a bed of a vehicle;
• said rear end of each said stationary rails including a bearing mounted thereat;
• a movable ramp having a platform, and a pair of parallel ramp rails, each of said ramp rails having a front end, a central portion and a rear end, each said ramp rail having a C-shaped cross section defining an open side, wherein said open side of each of said ramp rails faces a respective said open side of each of said stationary rails and respectively receives each of said bearings mounted at said rear ends of each of said stationary rails, said movable ramp being slidably movable between a forward position and a rearward position;
• wherein, in said forward position, said front ends of both said stationary frame and said movable ramp and said rear ends of both said stationary frame and said movable ramp are respectively aligned with each other;
• and
• wherein, in said rearward position, approximately half of each of said ramp rails extends beyond each respective said rear end of said stationary rails, and said movable ramp being rotatable from a horizontal position to an angled position;
• a crossbeam extending between said stationary rails, said crossbeam having a pair of ends, each said end of said crossbeam including a bearing, each of said bearings respectively rolling within each of said stationary rails, each said end of said crossbeam further having a swing arm fixedly coupled thereto, each of said swing arms having first end and second end, said first end of each said swing arm being pivotally attached to respective said ramp rail at said central portion;
• a winch mounted to said platform of said movable ramp;
• and
• a cable having coupled to said crossbeam and anchored to said winch;
• wherein, when said cable is wound on said winch, said movable ramp being maintained in said horizontal position with said front end of said ramp rails adjacent to said crossbeam, and when said cable is unwound on said winch, said movable ramp being maintained in said angled position.