Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – End gates
Reexamination Certificate
2005-07-05
2005-07-05
Morrow, Jason (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
End gates
C296S061000, C296S062000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06913305
ABSTRACT:
A tailgate ramp system for providing convenient pickup bed access and safe vehicle loading/unloading includes a main frame with side members and a base member. A pair of ramp units are rotatably coupled to respective side members and are independently operable for convenient truck bed access. Each ramp unit includes a plurality of selectively extendable ramp sections. The ramp units are pivotally coupled to the frame side members for movement between vertical and horizontal configurations. Accordingly, the ramp units operate as tailgate components at the vertical configuration and as ramps at the horizontal configuration. An extension bar mounted on the base member enables slidable positioning of the ramp units at the horizontal configuration.
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Harper Galen R.
Kern Bill
Morrow Jason
Ream Dale J.
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