B60R3/007

VEHICLE LADDER
20220134955 · 2022-05-05 ·

A vehicle includes a vehicle body, a vehicle roof rack component and a vehicle ladder. The vehicle body has a roof body part and a side body part. The side body part defines a wheel well of the vehicle. The vehicle roof rack component is installed to the roof body part. The ladder is detachably installed to the vehicle body. The ladder extends from the roof body part and over the side body part to the wheel well.

ACCESSORIES SUPPORTED BY DOOR STRIKERS OF MOTOR VEHICLES

This disclosure relates to accessories configured to be supported by door strikers of motor vehicles. In particular, the accessories may be mounted to a motor vehicle when a traditional, or factory, door is removed. Some example accessories are useable as a step when mounted to the vehicle, and are also useable as a tool (i.e., as a shovel, flashlight, bit driver, socket wrench, and/or hex wrench) when removed from the vehicle.

UNIVERSAL VEHICLE STEP
20220144173 · 2022-05-12 ·

An article of manufacture for providing a universal auto step for a vehicle hitch has an attachable step, and a hitch drawbar having a shaft and a lock to a hitch receiver. The attachable step includes a top surface having a front edge, a rear edge, a left-side edge and a right-side edge, a set of side members coupled to the front side edge, the left-side edge, and the right-side edge, the set of side members oriented perpendicular and downward from the top surface, and an attachment tab coupled to the rear edge and extending downward. The top surface rests upon a top surface of the hitch drawbar when coupled to the hitch drawbar.

PIVOTING STAIRCASE

A pivoting staircase includes a pair of stringers and a tread extending between the stringers. A cleaning opening is defined at least partially by a lateral edge of the tread and a surface portion of an adjacent one of the pair of stringers. The cleaning opening is disposed between a pair of adjacent connection points of the tread and the adjacent one of the pair of stringers to provide a pathway for debris to fall laterally off of the tread.

Car Latch Pedal
20210347302 · 2021-11-11 ·

This invention relates to an auxiliary tool for automobiles, particularly a car latch pedal including a pedal. The pedal comprises a bottom clamp groove and a first connecting hole at one end; The bracket has a hook on one side of the end and a adjusting hole on the other side of the same end. The hook is hung on the car latch and the first pin is fixed on the first connecting hole. The adjusting hole of the bracket is inserted in the first pin, and the bottom clamp groove is positioned beneath the car latch, pressed on the car latch by using the first pin as the pivot. The car latch is positioned between the hook and the bottom clamp groove. The elastic block is fixed at the other end of the bracket. Small in size, the car latch pedal can be conveniently carried around by cars. Fixing the car latch at proper height will make it convenient to stably load or unload items at the car roof. The angle of the car latch can be adjusted to remain horizontal, avoiding damages to car paints or deformations of door frames.

Systems And Methods For Egress From A Motor Home
20220001805 · 2022-01-06 ·

An emergency exit door assembly for a vehicle. The door assembly can include a door panel that is movably coupled to the wall of the vehicle. The door panel can have an inner surface and an outer surface. The door panel can be configured for selective movement between a closed position and an open position in which an opening within the wall is exposed. A headboard component can be incorporated into the door panel, and a bed pedestal within the vehicle can be positioned in proximity to the headboard component when the door panel is in a closed position.

LIFTING STEP ASSEMBLY FOR AN INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE
20230322160 · 2023-10-12 ·

A lifting step assembly for helping a user entering a cabin of an industrial vehicle, the lifting step assembly comprising a first step member configured for selectively moving along a first translation direction between a first position and a second position, so that the user can be lifted from the first position to the second position, a second step member configured for being moved between a retracted position and a deployed position wherein the second step member projects out of the first step member, and a deployment mechanism configured for moving the second step member from the retracted position to the deployed position when the distance between the first step member and the second position becomes lower than a predetermined threshold.

Vehicle Accessibility Ramp
20230322144 · 2023-10-12 ·

The present invention relates to a vehicle accessibility ramp. The device is an adjustable ramp for loading pets and other animals into a vehicle in an easy and safe way for both the user and animal. This structure includes a plurality of platforms which act as ascending steps for the animal in an easy-to-follow path design. The device has the ability of unfolding into three main platforms with an additional ramp component connecting the ground to the third step platform. Furthermore, the device attaches to a standard square trailer receiver fixture and is easily transportable.

Vehicle door well step apparatus
11745664 · 2023-09-05 · ·

Step apparatuses that removably couple to a door latch element (e.g., a U-shaped striker element) of a vehicle are described. A step apparatus may include a hook element that enables the step apparatus to hang from a door latch element in a vehicle door well. A step apparatus may also be able to extend through a door latch element such that the step apparatus may couple to the door latch element in an upright position. A step apparatus may include one or more than one step structure.

Truck Load Bed Ingress and Egress Assembly
20230278500 · 2023-09-07 ·

A truck load bed ingress and egress assembly incorporating a tailgate clearance arm; a column fixedly attached to and extending upwardly from a distal end of the tailgate clearance arm; a step mounted at the tailgate clearance arm's distal end; and a light mounted at the column's upper end, the column constituting a handle which secures foot placement upon the step by stabilizing a user, the column further constituting a light mount which further secures the foot placements upon the step by illuminating the step.