Vehicle transport loading and unloading structure

Claim 1

A VEHICLE TRANSPORT HAVING UPRIGHT SIDE FRAMES, UPPER AND LOWER VEHICLE CARRYING DECKS BETWEEN AND CARRIED BY SAID SIDE FRAMES, A RAMP FOR THE LOWER DECK COMPRISING TOW SIDE POSTS PIVOTED AT THEIR LOWER ENDS TO SAID SIDE FRAMES ADJACENT THE LOWER EDGES THEREOF AND NORMALLY EXTENDING IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION ABOVE SAID SIDE FRAMES, TWO NORMALLY CONNECTED SWING GATES PIVOTALLY CONNECTED AT THEIR OUTER SIDE EDGES TO SAID SIDE POSTS AT THEIR OUTER FREE ENDS AND NORMALLY EXTENDING UPWARDLY ABOVE SAID SIDE FRAMES, AND A BRIDGE PLATE PIVOTALLY CONNECTED AT OPPOSITE SIDE EDGES THEREOF ADJACENT ONE TRANSVERSE EDGE TO SAID SIDE FRAMES ADJACENT THE LOWER EDGES THEREOF AND NORMALLY EXTENDING IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION BELOW SAID SWING GATES, SAID RAMP AND SWING GATES BEING MOVABLE AS A UNIT FROM SAID UPRIGHT POSITION TO A DOWNWARDLY INCLINED POSITION UPON THE GROUND, AND SAID BRIDGE PLATE BEING MOVABLE FROM SAID UPRIGHT POSITION TO A DOWNWARDLY INCLINED POSITION UPON THE SWING GATES OF THE RAMP WHEN THE LATTER IS UPON THE GROUND, WHEREBY VEHICLES MAY BE DRIVEN OVER SAID SWING GATES AND BRIDGE PLATE WHEN BEING LOADED ONTO OR UNLOADED FROM THE LOWER DECK OF THE VEHICLE TRANSPORT.