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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 1983
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roy C Higginson, Honeybrook, PA (US);
Paul L Whiteman, Morgantown, PA (US);
Assignee:
Morgan Trailer MFG. Co., Morgantown, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
414537 ;
Abstract
A latch mechanism for walk ramps for truck bodies and the like is disclosed which includes, on each side of the walk ramp at its rear end and for retaining the walk ramp in its stored position usually below the floor of the truck body, locking handles carried on vertical pivots and provided with latch fingers which are normally resiliently urged to locked positions but movable to release positions to permit the withdrawal of the walk ramp for use.