Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Patent
1993-03-12
1994-08-30
Camby, Richard M.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
105449, 182 88, B60R 302
Patent
active
053420730
ABSTRACT:
A mounted, retractable step for motor vehicles, such as passenger vans, that slides into an extended position for assisting entrance into the side of the passenger van. The step is mounted on the ends of a pair of square rods that slide horizontally under the passenger van. The rods are carried on an outer guide and between a pair of spaced-apart inner guides. The outer guide is attached to a pair of outer guide supports mounted to the edge of the underside of the van. The inner guides are attached to an inner guide support mounted to the underside of the van. Each of the rods has a pair of guide stops, in the form of nipples extending downwardly from the bottom side of the rods, that lock the rods into an extended position and a retracted position depending on which guide they straddle. The step is moved from the retracted position to the extended position by lifting the step slightly and then sliding it out from under the passenger van. This slight lift disengages the outer guide stops from the outer guide, allowing the rods to be slid through the inner guides and over the outer guide. Similarly, to secure the step in the extended position, the step is lifted slightly to cause the inner guide stops to straddle the outer guide. In order to move the step from the extended position to the retracted position, this procedure is reversed.
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Camby Richard M.
Mann Michael A.
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