Vehicle utility ladder

A vehicle having a top and at least one side and including:

• storage means for storing a ladder;
• a bow-shaped, collapsible, telescopic ladder, comprising:
• a plurality of bowed-shaped sections, telescopically connected in series,
• the plurality of sections including a top section and a bottom section;
• the plurality of sections being configured such that when extended in series and retracted for storage the telescopic ladder forms a bowed shape that extends from the bottom section to the top section;
• the bottom section having a foot for stabilizing the telescopic ladder;
• each section respectively having a locking release mechanism to secure the respective section in an extended position when desired and for releasing the respective section to permit it to be retracted when the telescopic ladder is to be stored, and each section respectively has two legs connected by a rung;
• and
• wherein each section has an upper end and a lower end, and wherein each section is smaller in cross-sectional width at its upper end relative to its cross-sectional width at its lower end;
• said telescopic ladder having gripping means for gripping engagement with said vehicle, wherein said gripping means is configured to conform to one or the other or both of said vehicle top and said at least one side of the vehicle.

A ladder for facilitating reaching over an obstacle, said ladder comprising:

• a first side leg section and a second side leg section;
• said first side leg section being constructed from a plurality of leg sections;
• said second side leg section being constructed from a plurality of leg sections;
• rungs disposed between said first side leg section and said second side leg section, said rungs being vertically spaced apart from each other, and spacing said first side leg section from said second side leg section,
• wherein said first side leg section plurality of leg sections and said second side leg section plurality of leg sections comprise bowed sections respectively, and
• wherein each of said plurality of leg sections respectively form an arch shaped ladder configuration for reaching over an object;
• wherein said first side leg section and said plurality of leg sections forming said first side leg section are bowed in a first direction and connected to define a major ladder length, said plurality of connected first side leg sections forming said first side leg section are serially arranged so that there is at least one first side leg base section and at least one additional section connected thereto, wherein said plurality of first side leg sections and said plurality of second side leg sections are collapsible, said plurality of first side leg sections are tubular respectively and at least one of said tubular leg sections is received within another of said tubular leg sections when the ladder is collapsed;
• and
• wherein each of said first side leg section and said second side leg section has an upper end and a lower end, and wherein each of said plurality of leg sections of said first and second side leg sections respectively is smaller in cross-sectional width at its upper end relative to its cross-sectional width at its lower end;
• and
• wherein said ladder includes storage means for storing said ladder on a vehicle.