Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Reexamination Certificate
2006-02-07
2006-02-07
Shriver, J. Allen (Department: 3618)
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
C280S166000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06994362
ABSTRACT:
Improved selectively rotatable multipositionable step attachment for a vehicle platform and the like for not only facilitating safe user access to the platform, for loading and unloading same, when the step attachment is in an operative position, but also when it is in a non operative or stowage position for facilitating additional use of the platform such as for towing another platform or for facilitating attachment of an auxiliary platform to the vehicle platform. The step attachment is generally made up of a support bar, a rotatable step tread of L-shaped configuration, a multiappatured index plate concentrically affixed to the outer end of either the support bar or the rotatable step tread, and a device to fasten the step assembly to the vehicle platform. Depending on the various requirements of the step attachment when being connected to a vehicle platform and the like, various mounting arrangements are provided.
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Bottorff Christopher
Dutkiewicz Edward P.
Shriver J. Allen
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