Truck bed extender and telescoping ramp
US7488025B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 28, 2006 |
| Grant date | Feb 10, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 27, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60P1/433
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A device providing a ramp into a truck bed, and extending a truck bed for the carrying of vehicles (such as ATVs) and items that are too long to carry with the truck tailgate raised. One embodiment is essentially a parallel pair of nested ramps, extenders and casings, each respective ramp telescopically and slidably received within a respective extender telescopically and slidably received within a respective casing. Lockpins inserted within holes aligned in the sidewalls of each casing and truckbed extender (and perhaps in each ramp), while they are in a desired configuration such as fully retracted (nested) or fully extended, prevent departure from that desired configuration.
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