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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2009
Orval Lee Fick, Miami, OK (US);
Charlie L. Forbis, Quapaw, OK (US);
Orval Lee Fick, Miami, OK (US);
Charlie L. Forbis, Quapaw, OK (US);
Hopkins Manufacturing Corporation, Emporia, KS (US);
Abstract
A ramp is provided for lifting and supporting a wheel of a vehicle thereon when the wheel is driven onto the ramp. The ramp includes a body that is shiftable between a ready position and a discrete support position and presents a ground-engaging surface including a first portion that engages the ground in the ready position and a second portion that engages the ground in the support position. The first and second surface portions are substantially planar and define an angle therebetween through which the body rocks about a fixed pivot as a wheel moving along a wheel-engaging surface causes the body to move from the ready position to the support position. A pair of ramps is provided for lifting and supporting a pair of wheels, with the ramps being nestable for compact storage.