# US 6,296,290 B1 · Portable loading ramp for a pickup truck

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- Number: US 6,296,290 B1
- Document ID: US6296290B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 09/302,501
- Filed: 1999-04-30
- Granted: 2001-10-02
- Earliest claimed: 1999-04-30
- Inventors: Nathan Wolf
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US6296290B1

## CPC

- B65G 69/30: Non-permanently installed loading ramps, e.g. transportable
- B60P 1/43: using a loading ramp mounted on the vehicle (loading ramps per se B65G69/28)
- B60R 9/06: at vehicle front or rear {(rear luggage compartments within vehicle extensible externally of the vehicle body B60R5/041)}
- B62D 25/00: Superstructure {or monocoque structure} sub-units; Parts or details thereof not otherwise provided for {(having impact absorbing means B62D21/15; running-boards, steps, or the like as superstructure sub-unit B60R3/00)}
- B62D 33/0273: {Movable tailboards for vehicles comprising non-movable sideboards, e.g. pick-up trucks (B62D33/037 takes precedence)}
- B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D)
- B60P: VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G3/00)
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M)

## Abstract

A portable loading ramp for a pickup truck including an elongate hitch mount which is removably attached to a hitch on a pickup truck, and further including first and second ramp members which are hingedly mounted upon the elongate hitch mount, and also including a vehicle support which includes a sleeve support member, a sleeve member attached to the sleeve support member, and a support arm lockably extendable in the sleeve member and having an end which either attaches to the small vehicle to secure the vehicle on the truck box or securely supports the back end of the small vehicle above the floor of the truck box.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A portable loading ramp for a pickup truck comprising:
an elongate hitch mount being adapted to be removably and securely connected to a hitch;
a first ramp member having a front end and a back end which is hingedly disposed upon said elongate hitch mount;
a second ramp member having a back end and a front end which is hingedly disposed upon said elongate hitch mount; and
a vehicle support assembly mounted upon said second ramp member, said vehicle support assembly including an extendable support member, said extendable support member including a sleeve support member which is pivotally mounted to said mounting brackets on said second ramp member, a sleeve member having a first end securely attached to said sleeve support member and having an open second end, and also including a support arm having a first end and being slidably and lockably extended in said sleeve member to securely support a small vehicle.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A portable loading ramp for a pickup truck as described in claim 1, wherein said support arm has a second end which is T-shaped and which is contactable to a rear portion of the small vehicle for supporting the small vehicle above a floor of a truck box.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A portable loading ramp for a pickup truck as described in claim 1, wherein said support arm has a second end which is attachable to a hitch on the small vehicle, for securing the small vehicle upon the truck box.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A portable loading ramp for a pickup truck as described in claim 1, wherein said support arm is extendable in and out of said sleeve member and includes a plurality of holes extending through a wall thereof and being spaced along a length thereof for selective lockable extension of said support arm relative to said sleeve member.