IP Library Granted Patent US 11,981,289
Granted Patent B2
US 11,981,289 · App. 17/085,883 · Granted May 14, 2024

Vehicle ladder

Inventor: Sam Kaddouh (West Bloomfield, MI)
Assignee: Nissan North a, nc.
B60R3/007B60R3/005B60R9/04E06C5/04E06C5/24
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,981,289
App. No.
17/085,883
Granted
May 14, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

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.

Claims (13)

1. A vehicle comprising:

a vehicle body having a roof body part and a side body part, the side body part defining a wheel well of the vehicle;

a vehicle roof rack component installed to the roof body part; and

a ladder detachably installed to the vehicle body, the ladder extending from the roof body part and over the side body part to the wheel well, the ladder having a first end defining a top portion of the ladder that includes a pair of hooks that are removably attached to the vehicle roof rack component, the ladder further having a second end that extends into the wheel well when the ladder is installed to the vehicle body, the second end defining a bottom portion that includes a pair of feet, each of the feet having a wheel contact surface that contacts a top tread surface of a vehicle wheel positioned in the wheel well when the ladder is installed to the vehicle body, the pair of feet being telescopically movable along siderails of the ladder so that the ladder can accommodate vehicle bodies of different sizes, each of the feet having a body and an end that together define the wheel contact surface that is a planar surface.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the side body part is a quarter panel of the vehicle.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the vehicle roof rack component is a roof rack rail.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the ladder includes a pair of siderails, each of the siderails having one of the pair of hooks that is detachably attached to the vehicle roof rack component.

5. A ladder configured to be mounted to a vehicle, the ladder comprising:

a pair of siderails having a first end that includes a top end of the ladder and a second end that includes a bottom end of the ladder, the top end of the ladder having a first attachment part configured to be attached to a vehicle body component, the top end of the ladder includes a pair of hooks that are configured to be removably attached to the vehicle roof rack component and

a second attachment part including a pair of feet that are configured to sit on a wheel positioned in the wheel well, each of the feet being telescopically movable along one of the siderails so that the ladder can accommodate vehicle bodies of different sizes, each of the feet having a wheel contact surface that contacts a top tread surface of the vehicle wheel positioned in the wheel well when the ladder is installed to the vehicle body, each of the feet having a body and an end that together define the wheel contact surface that is a planar surface.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 26, 2024
From: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
To: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 069678/0718 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2020
From: KADDOUH, SAM
To: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Reel/Frame 054228/0547 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220134955A1 · May 5, 2022