Ramp-rack for a truck or other transport vehicle
OwnerStanley J. Kirla, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A device called a ramp-rack may be used as a rack for the body of a stake body truck in a first mode, and as a ramp in a second mode, for rolling equipment between the bed and the ground. The ramp-rack may be hinged, so when used as a ramp, it will be longer than when used as a rack. Two or more ramp racks may be stacked, when they are used as a rack on the bed of a truck.
Claims10
A ramp-rack article, for use in combination with the bed of a transport vehicle, in a first mode as a downward sloping ramp to the ground on which the vehicle rests, and in second mode as a rack for containing cargo resting on the bed, wherein said bed has pockets along an edge for receiving two or more spaced apart stakes, which comprises:
- a lengthwise extending article body having a first end shaped to engage an edge of said vehicle bed, a second end for contacting said ground, a working surface for supporting objects moving to or from the first to the second end, when the ramp-rack article is used in the first mode as a ramp;
- and,
- at least two spaced apart stakes projecting transversely from one edge of the body, so the ramp-rack may be held vertically in place along the edge of said vehicle bed, when the ramp-rack article is used in the second mode as a rack;
- the body having at least two spaced apart pockets, located along the side of the body which is opposite the side from which the stakes project, for receiving a stakes of a second like ramp rack article when the ramp-rack is used in said second mode.
A ramp-rack article, for use in combination with the bed of a transport vehicle, in a first mode as a downward sloping ramp to the ground on which the vehicle rests, and in second mode as a rack for containing cargo resting on the bed, wherein said bed has pockets along an edge for receiving two or more spaced apart stakes, which comprises:
- a lengthwise extending article body having a first end shaped to engage an edge of said vehicle bed, a second end for contacting said ground, and a working surface for supporting objects moving to or from the first to the second end, when the ramp-rack article is used in the first mode as a ramp;
- and,
- at least two spaced apart stakes projecting transversely from said at least one edge of the body, so the ramp-rack may be held vertically in place along the edge of said bed, when the ramp-rack article is used in the second mode as a rack;
- wherein the end of at least one of said stakes is tapered and surfaced with a resilient material, for contacting the interior of a pocket in wedging fashion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.