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US 2018/0185689 A1Published application
Portable Descent Platform
OwnerJames Scottinventor
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Abstract
A portable descent platform for users descending from a rope or elastic cord. The descent platform is engaged upon a planar bed of a powered motor vehicle in a pivoting engagement allowing extension of the platform from the vehicle and numerous angles. The platform may have a first portion in a translational engagement with a second portion to allow for distance adjustment of a distal edge of the platform toward and away from the vehicle and may also include elevational adjustment of the height of the platform.
Claims12
A portable descent platform apparatus, comprising:
- a vehicle having a substantially planar bed;
- a platform having a first end opposite a distal edge;
- said platform in a pivoting engagement to said bed at or adjacent said first end of said platform;
- said platform rotatable around said pivoting engagement to an angular positioning between a first position with said platform extending from a first side edge of said bed to a second position with said platform extending from a second side edge of said bed opposite said first end;
- a boom having a first end engaged with one of the platform or bed, said boom extending to a distal end located adjacently overhead of said distal edge of said platform;
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- said distal end of said boom adapted for a connection to a first end of a cord which is connected to a user descending from said distal edge of said platform.
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