Kitchen helper folding step stool

A foldable step stool movable from an expanded use position to a collapsed storage position, the step stool comprising

• a step unit including rear frame made up of a left rear leg, a right rear leg, a lower step that extends from the left rear leg to the right rear leg, and a rear cross member that extends from the left rear leg to the right rear leg above the lower step,
• a stabilizer unit including a front frame and a handle rail, the front frame being made up of a left front leg, a right front leg, and a front cross member that extends from the left front leg to the right front leg, and the handle rail including a left handle portion that is pivotably coupled to the left rear leg and the left front leg at spaced apart locations, a right handle portion that is pivotably coupled to the right rear leg and the right front leg at spaced apart locations, and a front handle portion that extends from the left handle portion to the right handle portion, and
• a platform unit that is supported above a ground underlying the foldable step stool by the step unit and the stabilizer unit when the foldable step stool is in the expanded use position, the platform unit including a platform step panel coupled to one of the rear frame and the front frame wherein the platform step panel is movable from a first position to provide a step when the foldable step stool is in the expanded use position and a second position when the foldable step stool is in the collapsed storage position,
• wherein the handle rail is configured to surround on three sides when standing on the platform step panel,
• wherein, when the foldable step stool is in the expanded use position, the left handle portion, the right handle portion, and the front handle portion of the handle rail define a handle plane, and
• wherein the step unit further includes a rear crossbar having a first end pivotably coupled to one of the left rear leg and the right rear leg and a second end opposite the first end, the rear crossbar being configured to pivot about a crossbar axis at the first end from an entry position to a retention position, the crossbar axis being perpendicular to at least one of the left rear leg and the right rear leg,
• wherein in the entry position, the rear crossbar extends along the one of the left rear leg and the right rear leg so that a space between the left rear leg and the right rear leg between the handle plane and the platform step panel is open to allow the user to pass when stepping onto the platform step panel, and, in the retention position, the rear crossbar is pivoted about the crossbar axis so that the second end of the rear crossbar is releasably coupled to the other of the left rear leg and the right rear leg so that the user is surrounded on all four sides when standing on the platform step panel,
• wherein when the rear crossbar is in the entry position, the rear crossbar is in parallel alignment with the right rear leg and extends downwardly along the length of the right rear leg from a pivoting pin coupled to the right rear leg to a crossbar storage latch pin coupled to the right rear leg located between the pivoting pin and the lower step to allow a user to step on to or step off the platform unit and when the rear crossbar is in the retention position, the rear crossbar extends horizontally relative to the platform step panel from the pivoting pin to a crossbar latch pin coupled to the left rear leg to prevent a user that is stood on the platform unit from falling backwards and off the foldable step stool.