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Vehicle ramp device

US11912236B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 23, 2020
Grant dateFeb 27, 2024
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Expiry dateOct 2, 2042

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61G3/067
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A vehicle ramp device includes a ramp plate deployed at a lower end of a door opening, a moving body moving in a deploying or retracting direction of the ramp plate, a support arm rotatably connected to the ramp plate and the moving body to allow a rear end portion of the ramp plate to be lifted up when the ramp plate is deployed, a fall prevention member rotatably connected to the ramp plate, an urging member urging the fall prevention member to make it stand on a side end portion of the ramp plate, and a pressing member abutting against the fall prevention member that moves downward together with the ramp plate having been lifted up based on a rotation of the support arm and pressing the fall prevention member to bend it on a top surface of the ramp plate against an urging force of the urging member.

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