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US 2016/0108671 A1Published application
Custom mold press ladder
AssigneesCompagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
InventorAndrew Stephan Cale
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Abstract
A ladder that employs an existing custom mold press frame to support itself thereon is provided along with a method of installation. A clamping engagement system employed by such a ladder is also provided along with a kit for installing the ladder with a mold press frame.
Claims20
A ladder that employs an existing custom mold press frame to support itself thereon, comprising:
- a ladder frame having a pair of elongate members depending generally in parallel relative to one another with a predetermined distance defined therebetween, with each elongate member having a predetermined length coextensive with a support extent and an opposed free extent;
- one or more steps securely disposed between the elongate members so as to support a person stepping thereon;
- a platform having a predetermined platform length and a predetermined platform width generally corresponding to the predetermined distance between the elongate members, the platform being supported along a length of the elongate members intermediate the support extents and free extents thereof and including a support surface and an opposed anchoring surface from which an anchor depends downwardly to facilitate initial installation and securement of the ladder relative to the mold press frame;
- a pair of scaffold members depending upwardly from the platform support surface in parallel relation to one another and separated by a distance about equal to the predetermined platform width, with each scaffold member having a predetermined height coextensive with a fixed scaffold extent and an opposed free scaffold extent;
- at least one grab bar having opposed free extents removably secured to corresponding free extents of the elongate members and the scaffold members;
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- a clamping engagement system for removable securement of the ladder to the mold press frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.