| US 7,523,516 B1 | ||
| Extended water escape ramp device for animals | ||
| James Madison Waddell, V, Mt. Pleasant, S.C. (US); Thomas Moore Davis, Mt. Pleasant, S.C. (US); Carolyn Walker Agnew, Charleston, S.C. (US); and Virginia Camp Wier Waddell, Mt. Pleasant, S.C. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Skamper Industries LLC, Mt. Pleasant, S.C. (US) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 29, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/74,004. | ||
| Int. Cl. E01D 1/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 14—69.5 [119/847; 119/849] | 20 Claims |

| 1. An extended ramp device for assisting animals in escaping from a body of water, the extended ramp device comprising:
(a) a substantially planar upper, support portion comprising a central, climbing member and two wing members, each of the
wing members being bendable along a substantially straight upper edge of the wing member, each of the wing members further
comprising an arched lower edge opposite the substantially straight upper edge and at least two substantially keyhole-shaped
slots, the flexible wing members being connected to opposite sides of the central climbing member, each of the wing members
further comprising a substantially straight, angled side edge at a front of the wing member;
(b) a substantially planar lower, extension portion, the upper, support portion and the lower, extension portion comprising
a plurality of toehold perforations;
(c) at least two brace members, each of the brace members comprising a male end connecting projection on each opposite end
of the brace member, each of the brace male end connecting projections being insertable in the at least two substantially
keyhole-shaped slots; and
(d) a mechanism for removably attaching the extended ramp device to a structure adjacent or in the body of water;
wherein the extended ramp device comprises a disassembled position comprising the separate (a)-(c) components, and an assembled
position for use in the body of water.
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