Fire escape – ladder – or scaffold – Convertible – Ladder
Reexamination Certificate
2005-07-05
2005-07-05
Chin-Shue, Alvin (Department: 3634)
Fire escape, ladder, or scaffold
Convertible
Ladder
C182S165000, C182S207000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06913113
ABSTRACT:
An adjustable-height stepladder has an upper-front frame and an upper-rear frame interconnected by a top member. The upper-front frame and the upper-rear frame each have an elongate slide track. A lower-front frame, wider than the upper-front frame and positioned centrally rearward thereof, has a pair of rails, each having a slide mechanism slidingly engageable with the slide track of the corresponding upper-front frame rail. A lower-rear frame, wider than the upper-rear frame and positioned centrally forward thereof, has a pair of rails, each having a slide mechanism slidingly engageable with the slide track of the corresponding upper-rear frame rail. Each slide mechanism has a hinged swing arm and a biasing spring, the combination of which allows the slide mechanisms to engage the slide tracks although the lateral distance between the upper-frame rails and their corresponding lower-frame rails may vary. Accordingly, the stepladder is height-adjustable when the rails of the various frames are flared as well as when they are parallel.
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Chin-Shue Alvin
Tomkins Donald V.
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