Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – End gates
Reexamination Certificate
2007-10-31
2009-06-23
Patel, Kiran B. (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
End gates
C296S062000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07549692
ABSTRACT:
A compact ramp and tailgate system for a vehicle tailgate includes a tailgate having an interior hollow cavity for collapsible storage therein of a pair of ramps that are also telescopically extendable therefrom for loading and unloading heavy equipment into and off the bed of the vehicle such as a pickup truck with each ramp mounted to a locking hinge that allows the ramps to pivot up to ninety degrees and each ramp composed of at least three ramp members of decreasing size starting from the largest ramp members that are pivotally interconnected to the locking hinges. The ramps are independently pivotable and slidably adjustable left and right relative to the tailgate and the longitudinal extension of the vehicle for properly aligning the ramps with respect to the wheels, rollers, casters, etc., of the equipment to be on loaded and off loaded.
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Patel Kiran B.
Seal Theresa M.
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