A quick disconnect mechanism for a detachable stair system for vehicles. The apparatus includes mounting brackets for installation at either side of a doorway in a recreational vehicle such as motorhome, camping trailer, or camper on a pickup truck. Fixed plates in the form of open jaw brackets are provided at each side of a sill cover plate, to enable operation of a pivotable detachable stair portion. The open jaw of the fixed plates are pivotable about pivot studs located in the mounting brackets. The fixed plates further include an arcuate channel defined radially outward from the pivots studs. The arcuate slot is sized and shaped for engagement with a pivot lock also located on the mounting brackets. The pivot locks extend inward for sliding operation with the arcuate slot, but not so far inward as to interfere with the pivoting motion of the sill cover plate. A slide latch is provided, with a latch tongue sized and shaped for interfitting mating engagement in a latch slot located one or both of the mounting brackets, to secure the detachable stair portion when the stairs are not being used.

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.

A step apparatus that removably couples to a door latch element of a door well of a vehicle is disclosed. The step apparatus can include a load-supporting step structure, an elongated support element, and an axle structure rotatably coupling the load-supporting step structure to the elongated support element. The elongated support element can include a hook-shaped element configured to removably couple to the door latch element of the door well of a vehicle. The load-supporting step structure is configured to support the weight of a person when standing on the load-supporting step structure while the step apparatus is removably coupled to the door latch element, enabling the person to reach the roof of the vehicle.

A quick disconnect mechanism for a detachable stair system for vehicles. The apparatus includes mounting brackets for installation at either side of a doorway in a recreational vehicle such as motorhome, camping trailer, or camper on a pickup truck. Fixed plates in the form of open jaw brackets are provided at each side of a sill cover plate, to enable operation of a pivotable detachable stair portion. The open jaw of the fixed plates are pivotable about pivot studs located in the mounting brackets. The fixed plates further include an arcuate channel defined radially outward from the pivots studs. The arcuate slot is sized and shaped for engagement with a pivot lock also located on the mounting brackets. The pivot locks extend inward for sliding operation with the arcuate slot, but not so far inward as to interfere with the pivoting motion of the sill cover plate. A slide latch is provided, with a latch tongue sized and shaped for interfitting mating engagement in a latch slot located one or both of the mounting brackets, to secure the detachable stair portion when the stairs are not being used.

The present invention relates to a hitch step that may be secured to a hitch receiver tube and which may support extremely heavy loads thereon.

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.

This invention relates to an auxiliary tool for automobiles, specifically an adjustable car latch footboard that includes a footboard, a hook, a bracket component, and a pivot. The footboard hinges on the bracket component through the pivot, and the hook is mounted at one end of the bracket component opposite to the other end of the footboard. The hook is attached to the car latch, and the other end of the bracket component is pressed against the car door frame. One end of the footboard is pressed against the hook or the car latch. When the footboard is pressed against the hook, the car latch is positioned between the footboard and the hook. When the footboard is pressed against the car latch, the footboard and the hook grip onto the car latch.

The present invention discloses a multifunction ladder structure, it includes a first ladder frame; a second ladder frame; and two combining assemblies that combine the second ladder frame with the first ladder frame, altogether with an optional adjustable band and plural optional foot rods each slides or fixes individually in the first or the second ladder frame. With the implementation of the present invention, the multifunction ladder structure has the special benefit of being easy to install or operate; being able to insert and set firmly in between a tire and the wheel fender as a tire ladder; being able to stand firmly beside a car or places as an A-shaped ladder; with further adding of an adjustable band on the first ladder frame to encircle the tire for even better stability when being used as a tire ladder, or to encircle the second ladder frame for safer storing or transporting; adopting plural foot rods each slides or remains still individually in the first or the second ladder frame, the multifunction ladder structure further applies better on tires of different size, and stands firmly on rough or inclined ground, roads or object surfaces; and with the top rod of the first ladder frame or the further installing of a second stepping unit, the stepping height of the A-shaped ladder can be further raised for even more convenient applications.

The present invention relates generally to the field of vehicle accessories and more specifically, to a vehicle-mounted step and handle assist system for climbing into a pickup truck or gaining entry into a vehicle interior. The system includes a portable step and a hand grip unit. The step is uses a hinged foot plate and a perpendicular bolt assembly to secure the device to a vehicle by a D-ring configuration. The hand grip unit uses the conventional striker bolts installed on a truck or other vehicle to attach a grip unit having pull handle that can aid a user by providing additional support while using the step and entering into the vehicle.

A truck bed rack including either a single rack having a mouth for a ladder, or a first rack residing low in the truck bed and having a first mouth for a ladder, and second rack residing between the first rack and the tail gate and having a second mouth higher than the first mouth to angle a ladder to pass above the tail gate. The racks may attach to a fitting sold under the trademark Ford Boxlink attached to a truck bed wall, a track rail sold under the trademark Toyota, a truck bed rail along a top edge of the truck bed side, or include a plate bolted to the truck bed wall. The Boxlink is inverted for use with the truck bed rack.