Vehicle-mounted personnel access platform assembly
AssigneePatriot3, Inc.
InventorsCharles Louis Fuqua, Steven Scott Kahre
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Abstract
A vehicle-mounted personnel access platform assembly is designed for mounting on a tactical vehicle. The platform assembly includes at least one mounting brace, and at least one access platform carried by the mounting brace. The access platform defines a raised horizontal surface for supporting personnel at an elevated location adjacent a body of the tactical vehicle. A protective wall adjacent the access platform is adapted for residing a spaced distance from the body of the tactical vehicle to protect personnel staged on the access platform.
Claims16
A vehicle-mounted personnel access platform assembly, comprising:
- at least one vertical mounting brace adapted for mounting on one side of a tactical vehicle, and defining a plurality of platform mounting points along a vertical length of said mounting brace;
- at least one horizontal access platform carried by said mounting brace and defining an elevated horizontal surface for supporting personnel at an elevated location adjacent a body of the tactical vehicle;
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- at least one horizontal support detachably secured to said vertical mounting brace at a selected platform mounting point, and designed for supporting said horizontal access platform at a desired elevation relative to the body of the tactical vehicle, whereby said horizontal support is capable of being detached from said vertical mounting brace at one selected platform mounting point and reattached to said vertical mounting brace at another selected platform mounting point to thereby modify the elevation of said horizontal access platform relative to the body of the tactical vehicle.
In combination with a tactical vehicle, a personnel access platform assembly, said platform assembly comprising:
- at least one vertical mounting brace attached to said tactical vehicle, and defining a plurality of platform mounting points along a vertical length of said mounting brace;
- at least one horizontal access platform carried by said mounting brace and defining an elevated horizontal surface for supporting personnel at an elevated location adjacent a body of the tactical vehicle;
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- at least one horizontal support detachably secured to said vertical mounting brace at a selected platform mounting point, and designed for supporting said horizontal access platform at a desired elevation relative to the body of the tactical vehicle, whereby said horizontal support is capable of being detached from said vertical mounting brace at one selected platform mounting point and reattached to said vertical mounting brace at another selected platform mounting point to thereby modify the elevation of said horizontal access platform relative to the body of the tactical vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.