Easy cab entry and exit
OwnerJames A. Marshall, Sr.inventor
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Abstract
A footstep carried by a cab of a large automotive truck so that a driver of the vehicle can more easily step up or step down between the cab and ground; the footstep being vertically movable so to minimize a stepping distance; the device including a hydraulic or pneumatic powered cylinder having a slidable piston to which the footstep is rigidly secured.
Claims2
An easy cab entry and exit device comprising in combination, a cab for an automotive truck, and an accessory mounted outside said cab said accessory including a stationary cylinder, a vertically slidable piston inside said cylinder, a piston rod out of a lower end of said cylinder being affixed to a foot plate, power means for moving said piston including a pump driven by an electric motor in circuit with a battery of said truck and a switch unit inside said cab, wherein a rod parallel to said piston rod is affixed to said foot step, said rod being slidable in a pipe stationarily positioned alongside said cylinder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.