Portable ladder with standoffs
OwnerMichael Paul Burnsinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a portable ladder with standoffs. The ladder has several steps, each having a tread, two elbows and two standoffs. The user uses the treads to ascend the ladder. The standoffs have distal ends that contact the boat for stability. A tread cable assembly secures the ladder to the boat and supports the treads in a selected maximum spaced relationship. Two standoff cable assemblies are also provided. Each standoff cable assembly has sections that supports the distal standoff ends (adjacent the boat) in selected maximum space relationships. The standoffs and treads maximum spaced relationship are the same so that twisting if the steps is prevented during use.
Claims18
A portable ladder comprising:
- a first step comprising a first step tread, a first step first standoff and a first step second standoff, the first step tread having a first step tread first end and a first step tread second end;
- a second step comprising a second step tread, a second step first standoff and a second step second standoff;
- a tread cable assembly comprising a hanger loop and a step loop;
- a first standoff cable assembly;
- and
- a second standoff cable assembly,
- wherein said first standoff cable assembly and said second standoff cable assembly maintain said first step and said second step in a selected orientation relative to each other,
- wherein the hanger loop is a single loop that interfaces with the first step tread first end and the first step tread second end,
- wherein the tread cable assembly is independent of the first standoff cable assembly and the second standoff cable assembly,
- wherein the first standoff cable assembly is connected to the first step first standoff and the second step first standoff, and
- wherein the second standoff cable assembly is connected to the first step second standoff and the second step second standoff.
A portable ladder comprising:
- a first step;
- a second step;
- a third step;
- a tread cable assembly comprising a hanger loop, a first step loop and a second step loop;
- a first standoff cable assembly;
- and
- a second standoff cable assembly,
- wherein:
- the hanger loop is a single loop connected to the first step;
- the first step loop interconnects the first step and the second step;
- the second step loop interconnects the second step and the third step;
- the first standoff cable assembly interconnects the first step, the second step and the third step, and
- the second standoff cable assembly interconnects the first step, the second step and the third step,
- wherein the first standoff cable assembly and the second standoff cable assembly are independent of the tread cable assembly, and
- wherein said tread cable assembly, said first standoff cable assembly and said second standoff cable assembly hold said first step and said second step in a selected spaced relationship.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.