US 8,894,345 B1Granted

Multi-functional vehicular ramp

OwnerSteve Richins, Val Stephens +1inventors

InventorsSteve Richins, Val Stephens, Alayne Vicars

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Abstract

The multi-functional vehicular ramp is an accessory that attaches to a trailer hitch of a pickup truck and which include foldable ramp members that fold down to enable ATVs or other wheeled objects to drive up onto a bed of a pickup truck for transport, and wherein the foldable ramp members can fold up to secure said wheeled object to said pickup truck bed. The multi-functional vehicular ramp can also adapt to attach wheels thereon for use as a trailer to be towed via one of a multitude of adaptors behind a truck or other motor-powered vehicle. The multi-functional vehicular ramp may also be adaptively used to suspend an object above the ground by extending the foldable ramp members upwardly and connection there between via a suspension member. The multi-functional vehicular ramp may also adapt for use as a workbench or as a picnic table.

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Dependent claims

A multi-functional vehicular ramp comprising:

a base frame from which a plurality of foldable ramp members attach to and extend;
wherein the base frame attaches to a trailer hitch socket via an adaptor and angled hitch support in order to support the base frame at a gap and elevation equal to a truck bed;
wherein the foldable ramp members extend down to act as a ramp for providing ingress and egress of at least one wheeled object to and from said truck bed;
at least one strap attached to the base frame and extends and attaches to the truck bed for additional support of the multi-functional vehicular ramp;
support posts attached on opposing sides of the base frame and support the base frame with respect to the ground or to support the foldable ramp members when retracted;
wherein the multi-functional vehicular ramp is modified for use as a picnic table by rotating the foldable ramp members under the base frame while using the support posts at a vertical orientation thereon;
bench members attached to the support posts via brackets;
wherein each bench member includes a horizontal seating surface that attaches between the bracket and a vertical support member;
wherein the vertical support member is adjustably engaged with respect to the horizontal seating surface.

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A multi-functional vehicular ramp comprising:

a base frame from which a plurality of foldable ramp members attach to and extend;
wherein the base frame is further composed of an angled hitch support, lateral members, longitudinal members, and a central plate;
wherein the base frame attaches to a trailer hitch socket via an adaptor attached to said angled hitch support in order to support the base frame at a gap and elevation equal to a truck bed;
at least one strap attached to the base frame and extends and attaches to the truck bed for additional support of the multi-functional vehicular ramp;
wherein the foldable ramp members extend down to act as a ramp for providing ingress and egress of at least one wheeled object to and from said truck bed;
support posts attached on opposing sides of the base frame and support the base frame with respect to the ground or to support the foldable ramp members when retracted;
wherein the multi-functional vehicular ramp is modified for use as a picnic table by rotating the foldable ramp members under the base frame while using the support posts at a vertical orientation thereon;
bench members attached to the support posts via brackets;
wherein each bench member includes a horizontal seating surface that attaches between the bracket and a vertical support member;
wherein the vertical support member is adjustably engaged with respect to the horizontal seating surface.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.