| US 7,493,874 B2 | ||
| Telescoping pet ramp | ||
| Jeffrey M. Simpson, 381 Oak Ridge Dr., Auburn, Ala. 36830 (US); and Mark A. Haley, Asheville, N.C. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Jeffrey M. Simpson, Auburn, Ala. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 07, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/936,392. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/864624, filed on Nov. 07, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0105215 A1, May 08, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. A01K 29/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 119—849 | 21 Claims |
| 1. An extensible ramp comprising:
a first ramp segment comprising a first floor panel and a first rail extending along a lateral side of the first floor panel,
the first rail having a first abutment member substantially contained therein and affixed at a proximal end thereof; and
a second ramp segment comprising a second floor panel and a second rail extending along a lateral side of the second floor
panel, the second rail having a second abutment member affixed at a proximal end thereof, the second abutment member being
substantially contained within the first rail, and the second ramp segment being telescopically slidable relative to the first
ramp segment between a compact position and an extended position;
wherein the first and second abutment members releasably engage one another in the extended position.
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