Timothy W Pope

US Patent:

7976264, Jul 12, 2011

Filed:

Aug 13, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/191185

Inventors:

Timothy W. Pope - Festus MO, US

International Classification:

B60P 1/02

US Classification:

414480, 414537, 14 695

Abstract:

The truck bed apparatus is provided as replacement or original equipment. An access below the platform selectively houses the individually rollingly removable ramps. Bi-directional hinges which fasten each ramp second section to each first section are lockable, giving the ramps infinite incline and decline capabilities. Bi-directional lockable hinges affix each third section to each second section for the same reason. Varied lengths of the hinged legs also provide selective angle and support for each ramp. The second and third sections can be pivotally fitted within the width of the first section and subsection, thereby providing a collapsed ramp height less than would otherwise be provided, which provides for the platform to be only marginally higher than a standard truck bed platform would otherwise be. The ramps can be collapsed and housed within the access, then removed and extended to a far greater length than the platform of the bed.