Person stabilizer for vehicle rooftops
OwnerJames R. Oberlanderinventor
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Abstract
A person stabilizer for use on rooftops, especially recreational vehicle rooftops, and characterized by a lever system wherein a support lever swings upwardly from the roof level and is restricted to the area of the roof by a stop that precludes the lever from traversing over the roof edge, and a stop to retain the support lever in close spaced stored relationship to the roof, the installation of the stabilizer being reversible for installation at the right or left side of the rooftop.
Claims18
A stabilizing device for assisting a person to attain assurance and steadiness of balance within a limited area, and including;
- a base member to be fastened to a standing surface of the limited area and having a bearing on a vertically disposed axis,
- a turret means having a pivot carried by the bearing to rotate on said vertical axis and having a horizontally disposed axis to rotate therewith,
- and a support means in the form of a lever having a pivot at one end, the support means being carried on the horizontal axis of the turret means to swing upward and downward,
- there being a hand grip at the other end of the lever remote from the horizontal turret means axis,
- whereby a person holding the grip is assisted in ascent and descent and when moving about said limited area.
A stabilizing device for assisting a person to attain assurance and steadiness of balance within an edge of a limited area, and including;
- a base member to be fastened to a standing surface at said edge of the limited area and having a bearing on a vertically disposed axis,
- a turret means having a pivot carried by the bearing to rotate on said vertical axis and having a horizontally disposed axis to rotate therewith,
- a support means in the form of a lever having a pivot at one end, the support means being carried on the horizontal axis of the turret means to rotate therewith and to swing upward and downward,
- and stop means for limiting rotation of the turret means to restrict movement of the support means lever within said edge of the limited area,
- there being a hand grip at the other end of the lever remote from the horizontal turret means axis,
- whereby a person holding the grip is assisted in ascent and descent and when moving about within said edge of the limited area.
A stabilizing device for low profile retraction from which is lifted for assisting a person to attain assurance and steadiness of balance within an edge of a limited area, and including;
- a base member to be fastened to a standing surface at said edge of the limited area and having a bearing on a vertically disposed axis,
- a turret means having a pivot carried by the bearing to rotate on said vertical axis and having a horizontally disposed axis to rotate therewith,
- a support means in the form of a lever having a pivot at one end, the support means being carried on the horizontal axis of the turret means to rotate therewith and to swing upward and downward,
- a first stop means for limiting rotation of the turret means to restrict movement of the support means lever within said edge of the limited area,
- and a second stop means for releasably restricting the support means lever opposed to said first stop means,
- there being a hand grip at the other end of the lever remote from the horizontal turret means axis,
- whereby a person holding the grip and lifting the lever from the second mentioned stop means is assisted in ascent and descent and when moving about within said edge of the limited area.
A retractile stabilizing device for assisting a person to attain assurance and steadiness of balance within a limited area, and including:
- a base member to be fastened to a standing surface of the limited area and having a bearing on a vertically disposed axis,
- a turret means having a pivot carried by the bearing to rotate on said vertical axis and having a horizontally disposed axis to rotate therewith,
- a support means in the form of a lever having a pivot at one end, the support means being carried on the horizontal axis of the turret means to swing upward and downward,
- and securement means for releasably securing the lever in a retracted stored condition close to the base member,
- there being a hand grip at the other end of the lever remote from the horizontal turret means axis,
- whereby a person holding the grip is assisted in ascent and decent and when moving about said limited area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.