Abstract: A collapsible ladder which includes a plurality of platforms suspended from several rope segments. The rope segments are placed in open-ended notches disposed in the platforms and are clamped thereto by a plurality of clamp means, the clamp means being divided in half, each half engaging one notch and the rope therein and being clamped by an elongated fastener to the other half of the clamp means which engages another notch and the rope therein. As a result of this configuration, the elongated platforms, if damaged, can be changed individually without necessity of removal of other than the damaged platform.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 30, 1982
Date of Patent:
April 17, 1984
Assignee:
Steelstran Industries, Incorporated
Inventors:
Peter W. Gronbeck, Dennis Mullaney, Kimberly M. Smith