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US 6,145,619 AGranted
Foldable personnel basket for mobile equipment
AssigneeAerial Innovations Incorporated
InventorPhilip E. Risser
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Abstract
A personnel basket for attachment to a boom or ladder of a rescue vehicle is provided, the basket having a pair of handrails extending along the perimeter of the personnel basket walls, the handrails are adapted to readily fold into a position that reduces the height of the basket and permits the basket to be stored on the cab of a rescue vehicle.
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A personnel basket adapted for support by a ladder, said basket comprising:
- a) a platform, said platform having a front wall, a rear wall and at least one side wall, each of said walls extending perpendicular to said platform to provide a first enclosed region of said platform;
- b) a guard rail member, said guard rail member comprising a front rail wall, a rear rail wall and at least one side rail wall, said guard rail member is substantially coextensive with said front wall, said rear wall and said at least one side wall, said at least one side rail wall is pivotally mounted about said at least one side wall so that said guard rail member may be selectively moved to a folded position whereby said at least one side rail wall extends transverse to said at least one side wall and each of said front rail wall and said rear rail wall respectively overly said front wall and said rear wall, further including:
- c) a second front wall, a second rear wall, and a second side wall, each of said second front wall, said second rear wall, and said second side wall extend perpendicular to said platform to provide a second enclosed region of said platform, said second enclosed region is a mirror image of said first enclosed region so as to provide a perimeter of walls extending along said platform;
- d) A second guard rail member, said second guard rail member comprising a second front rail wall, a second rear rail wall, and a second side rail wall, said second guard rail member is substantially coextensive with said second front wall, said second rear wall, and said second side wall, said second side rail wall is pivotally mounted about said second side wall so that said second guard rail member may be selectively moved to a folded position whereby said second side rail wall extends transverse to said second side wall and each of said front rail wall and said second rear rail wall respectively overly said second front wall and said second rear wall.
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A personnel basket adapted for support by a ladder, said basket comprising:
- a) a platform, said platform having a front wall, a rear wall and at least one side wall, each of said walls extending perpendicular to said platform to provide a first enclosed region of said platform;
- b) a guard rail member, said guard rail member comprising a front rail wall, a rear rail wall and at least one side rail wall, said guard rail member is substantially coextensive with said front wall, said rear wall and said at least one side wall, side at least one side rail wall is pivotally mounted about said at least one side wall so that said guard rail member may be selectively moved to a folded position whereby said at least one side rail wall extends transverse to said at least one side wall and each of said front rail wall and said rear rail wall respectively overly said front wall and said rear wall;
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- c) a front door for providing access to said enclosed region, said front door comprising a portion of said front wall and said at least one side wall and is adapted to pivot about an axis thereof between an open position and a closed position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.