Fire escape – ladder – or scaffold – Ladder and platform – Platform with ladder as support
Patent
1995-10-13
1997-09-23
Braun, Leslie A.
Fire escape, ladder, or scaffold
Ladder and platform
Platform with ladder as support
182115, 182132, E06C 716
Patent
active
056694636
ABSTRACT:
A workstand for use when servicing heavy tracks or the like, the workstand including opposing curved first and second sides spaced apart from each other and a top support platform extending therebetween. Upper and lower steps extend between the front portions of the curved first and second sides to provide access to the top support platform. The curved first and second sides combine with the top support platform and the steps form a structure having a wheel receiving area therein and having an open backside that provides access to the wheel receiving area. The workstand is constructed to be positioned around a tire of the truck's wheel assembly with the first and second sides immediately adjacent to the frame of the vehicle and the top support platform above the wheel receiving area so as to support a mechanic or the like above the wheel assembly adjacent to the vehicle's engine.
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Braun Leslie A.
Paccar Inc.
Smith Richard M.
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