US 12,168,406 B2
Ground-loading vehicle platform for pickup truck
François Garneau, Beloeil (CA); and Pascal Laurendeau, Verdun (CA)
Filed by 3DESCO DESIGN INC., Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil (CA)
Filed on Jun. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/348,201.
Application 17/348,201 is a continuation of application No. 15/644,746, filed on Jul. 8, 2017, granted, now 11,059,410.
Claims priority of application No. 1611973 (GB), filed on Jul. 9, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0380030 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. B60P 1/44 (2006.01); B60P 1/48 (2006.01); B60P 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60P 1/4407 (2013.01) [B60P 1/4471 (2013.01); B60P 1/48 (2013.01); B60P 3/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A loading vehicle platform for use in a cargo bed of a pickup truck, the loading platform comprising:
a platform member having a rear end near a tailgate of said cargo bed and for supporting at least one vehicle, and
a subplatform extensibly mounted near one of:
a rear end of said platform member for extending a rear length of said platform for supporting a vehicle thereon; and
a lateral side of said platform member for extending a width of said platform for supporting a vehicle thereon,
wherein the subplatform has an adjustable height at least between a deployed height providing a top surface of the subplatform to be coplanar with a top surface of the platform member and a lower retracted height,
wherein the subplatform is slidable under the platform member when at said retracted height, thereby said subplatform being storable under said platform member.