Abstract: This invention relates to an auxiliary tool for automobiles, specifically an adjustable car latch footboard that includes a footboard, a hook, a bracket component, and a pivot. The footboard hinges on the bracket component through the pivot, and the hook is mounted at one end of the bracket component opposite to the other end of the footboard. The hook is attached to the car latch, and the other end of the bracket component is pressed against the car door frame. One end of the footboard is pressed against the hook or the car latch. When the footboard is pressed against the hook, the car latch is positioned between the footboard and the hook. When the footboard is pressed against the car latch, the footboard and the hook grip onto the car latch.

Abstract: An ascent aid on a rail vehicle having a vehicle body includes a step and at least one folding mechanism fastened to the step at one end, as seen in longitudinal direction of the step. The folding mechanism has two lateral rods connecting the step to the vehicle body at hinges. The folding mechanism has a connecting rod additionally connecting one of the lateral rods to the vehicle body at hinges. The connecting rod is split into two parts by a folding hinge. The folding hinge is coupled to an action of force on the folding hinge causing the step to be folded at the hinges between first and second positions relative to the vehicle. In the first position, an ascent to a driver's cab of the vehicle is assisted. In the second position, the step is folded to maintain a predetermined clearance gauge of the vehicle.

Abstract: A fire apparatus includes a chassis, a front axle coupled to the chassis, a rear axle coupled to the chassis, a ladder assembly coupled to the chassis, and a stability system. The stability system includes at least one of (i) a front downrigger coupled to the chassis, (ii) a rear downrigger coupled the chassis, or an outrigger coupled to the chassis. The stability system is controllable to facilitate leaning the fire apparatus at least two degrees relative to a ground surface while maintaining full operational capability of the ladder assembly.

Abstract: An electric truck ladder system comprises a support frame mounted beneath a vehicle in turn supporting a retractable ladder in hydraulic communication with a switch. The switch permits a user to deploy and/or retract the ladder. The system provides for an adjustable height, adjustable actuator stroke, a switch with wireless remote actuation and/or a door switch which actuates the ladder upon the opening or closing of a vehicle door.

Abstract: A side step system and a vehicle including a side step have a side step including an inner space that is open in an opening direction and a means of transportation that is mounted in the inner space and that is operable when separated from the inner space.

Abstract: A cargo carrier for portable nimble strips that is mountable to a vehicle has a support surface that is configured to support multiple portable rumble strips. The support surface also is configured to move between a deployment position having a first width and a transit position having a second width that is less than the first width. The cargo carrier includes a frame that defines the support surface. In the illustrated embodiment, the support surface is divided along a major width dimension into at least three planar segments that are movable relative to one another to alter the overall width of the support surface, including a center portion and lateral portions extending from opposing sides of the center portion. The lateral portions are pivotably movable between extended positions aligned with the center portion in a horizontal orientation and retracted positions inclined relative to the center portion.

Abstract: A handhold device of a railcar includes: a frame arranged along a side edge of a specific door opening and connected to a car interior side of a side carshell; a turning mechanism provided at the frame and configured to be turnable about a turning axis extending in an upper-lower direction; and a handle including a base portion connected to the frame through the turning mechanism and a holding portion projecting from the base portion in a direction intersecting with the turning axis. The handle is angularly displaceable about the turning axis between a deployed position where the holding portion is exposed to the specific door opening when viewed from a lateral side of the car body and a storage position where the holding portion is hidden by the side carshell when viewed from the lateral side of the car body.

Abstract: A wirelessly electrically-coupled deployable apparatus comprising a deployable structure supported on a supporting structure for motion between a stowed position and a deployed position, an electrically-powered device carried by the deployable structure, a wireless electrical power receiving circuit carried by the deployable structure and connected between the device and a wireless electrical power receiver, and a wireless electrical power transmitting circuit carried by the supporting structure and connected between an electrical power supply and a wireless electrical power transmitter. The wireless electrical power transmitter is carried by the supporting structure, and the wireless electrical power receiver is carried by the deployable structure, in respective positions where wireless electrical power transfer between the wireless electrical power transmitter and receiver powers the device via the receiving circuit when the deployable structure is in its deployed position.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide an accommodation ladder fixing device, which more firmly and safely fixes, to an exterior wall of a ship, an accommodation ladder temporally provided so as to allow pilots to safely board and disembark the ship. That is, the present invention comprises: a housing (10), which has a fixing plate (13) formed at the rear end thereof to be mounted on the accommodation ladder (100), has a fixing box (11), of which the front side is opened, formed on the fixing plate (13), and has hinge shafts (15) formed at both sides of a through-hole (14) of the fixing box (11); an attachment/detachment means (20), which has a movable block (21) insertively provided so as to be movable forward and rearward to/from the fixing box (11), and a magnetic member (22) attached/detached to/from the exterior wall of a hull (200) and provided at the front end of the movable block.

Abstract: A battery assembly for an electric vehicle is provided that includes a housing, one or more battery units, and a mounting system. The one or more battery units are disposed within the housing. The mounting system is disposed adjacent to a top surface, e.g., on a planar top surface or within an upwardly oriented concavity. The mounting system has a frame member bracket and a housing bracket system. The housing bracket system includes a housing bracket, a load member and a vibration isolator. The housing bracket is configured to be coupled to the frame member bracket. The load member has a first portion disposed adjacent to an upper surface and a second portion disposed along a lateral portion of the housing. The vibration isolator is disposed between the load member and the housing bracket. The vibration isolator is configured to reduce load transmission from the frame member of the vehicle to the housing.

Abstract: A cargo area structure has a retractable step installed to the cargo area structure beneath a floor and a first side wall thereof. A handle assembly has a base and a grip handle supported to the base. The base is attached to an upright surface of the first side wall. The base also has a position locking mechanism configured such that in response to manual operation of the position locking mechanism, the grip handle is movable from a stowed orientation and an in-use orientation such that in the in-use orientation the grip handle is positioned such that an individual using the step to enter the cargo area grabs the grip handle for assistance in stepping up into the cargo area.

Abstract: An assistive mobility device comprising a seat and knee pad, the knee pad arranged to lift a person in a kneeling position into said seat and stabilize said person in said seat, maintaining supportive contact with the person's legs. The seat and knee pad each have an independent rotational tilt adjustment and can be raised and lowered together.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a storage assembly for storing a foldable ladder within a structure. The assembly includes a first protrusion connectable to first rails of the ladder. The assembly includes a second protrusion connectable to second rails of the ladder. Each of the protrusions includes an enlarged distal end portion. The assembly includes a linear guide track connectable to the structure and to which the distal end portions of the protrusions are slidably received and retained when the ladder is in a folded position. The ladder couples to the structure thereby.

Abstract: A service access walkway for a rotary mixer machine is provided. The service access walkway includes a first walkway section and a second walkway section pivotally coupled to the first walkway section by at least one hinge. The second walkway section is configured to pivot between a closed position and an open position. The service access walkway further includes a magnetic assembly configured to magnetically engage the second walkway section with the rotary mixer machine when the second walkway section is in the closed position.

Abstract: A guard rail system for use with a machine is provided. The guard rail system comprises a handrail member, a support member that defines a longitudinal axis and an open channel that extends along the longitudinal axis and a snap receiving aperture that is in communication with the channel, and an insert that includes a snap feature that is configured to fit within the channel and the snap feature is configured to be disposed in the snap receiving aperture.

Abstract: A mounting mechanism for mounting an underride system on a structure, comprises a pair of clamping jaws, and a first bracket including a first edge for coupling the underride system thereto. The first bracket further includes a second edge for coupling the pair of clamping jaws thereto. Wherein, the first bracket and the pair of clamping jaws define a jaw opening therebetween configured to receive at least a portion of the structure for removably mounting the underride system on the structure using the mounting mechanism.

Abstract: A cart apparatus for moving objects includes a frame that defines a cavity and steps operably coupled to the frame. The steps are movable into and between an inoperable position in which the steps are nested in the cavity and an operable position in which the steps are at least partially outside the cavity. One of the steps and the frame has a guide pin, and the other of the steps and the frame defines a slot in which the guide pin is slideably received. The slot is configured to guide the steps into and between the inoperable position and the operable position as the guide pin slides in the slot.

Abstract: Storage assemblies and bucket accessories for material-handling vehicles are provided. One assembly includes a tool tray mounted above the hood of a front-end loading tractor. The tool tray is supported by tray-supporting members that are secured to tubular implement holders provided along opposite sides of the tractor. The tubular implement holders are coupled to the front bumper of the tractor and extend rearwardly and upwardly at an oblique angle with respect to the front bumper so that they do not interfere with movement of the tractor bucket.

Abstract: A climbing device body can assume by a rotation operation an erect, retracted position allowing a first end portion to be positioned above and a second end portion to be positioned below and a tilted, deployed position allowing the second end portion to be positioned sideways of the vehicular body outer than the first end portion. A handrail is engaged with the rotation operation to be capable of assuming a raised state allowing a gripping portion to assume a first position distant from the climbing device body in a deployed position and a folded state allowing the gripping portion to assume a second position close to the climbing device body in a retracted position.

Abstract: A climbing apparatus body is supported by a main frame rotatably about a rotational shaft at one end. The climbing apparatus body is capable of taking an in-use posture in which the climbing apparatus body is inclined so that the other end is located below the one end and a folded posture in which the climbing apparatus body stands so that the other end is directed upward. A handrail is supported by the main frame. A pair of right and left banisters is attached to the climbing apparatus body and includes a portion extending toward the handrail relative to the position (perpendicular line) of the rotational shaft in the direction from the other end to the one end in the in-use posture in a side view of the climbing apparatus body.

Abstract: An access ladder assembly for a machine includes a fixed section, a movable section, a biasing member, a locking member, and a release assembly. The fixed section includes a pair of guide members and a fixed step. The movable section is mounted on and is movable along the fixed section between extended and retracted positions. The movable section includes a pair of sidewalls, and at least one horizontal step and is biased towards the retracted position by the biasing member. The locking member locks the movable member at the extended position. The release assembly operates to release the locking member. A manually engagable actuator of the release assembly may be disposed adjacent the fixed step. The movable section may include rails that slide within a hollow portions of the guide members as the movable section moves between the extended and retracted positions.

Abstract: A ladder locking system that secures an extension ladder to an accessory rack mounted to a vehicle to define a secured position is provided. The secured ladder is prevented from moving fore or aft relative to the rack. The secured ladder is also prevented from moving laterally relative to the rack and vehicle by the downwardly directed force and engagement provided by the locking system. The locking system is movable to a released position wherein the ladder is not engaged by the locking system and thus can be removed from the ladder rack by an operator. An intermediate position occurs when the operator actuates the locking system between the secured and released positions depending upon whether the ladder is being readied for securement in the rack or being readied for removal from the rack.

Abstract: A hunting stand is provided. A frame assembly includes a plurality of legs and a plurality of struts. A platform includes a pair of wheel spindles each extending from laterally from an opposing side of the platform. A seat is secured to an upper surface of the platform. The hunting stand includes an assemble position and a transport position. The assemble position includes the legs and struts of the frame assembly attached together in an upright position elevating the platform, and a top end of the ladder is secured to and extending downward from the platform in a vertical position. The transport position includes the legs and struts detached from one another, the pair of wheels secured to the pair of wheel spindles respectively and the top end of the ladder secured to and extending laterally from the platform in a horizontal position.

Abstract: A first stationary rail and a second stationary rail are attached to the recreational vehicle. A first bearing pad is combined to the first stationary rail and a second bearing pad combined to the second stationary rail. A first sliding rail is engaged against the first bearing pad and a second sliding rail engaged against the second bearing pad. A first step positioned between the first sliding rail and the second sliding rail.

Abstract: Provided is a boat control system using a joystick, which includes a boat body (10); an outboard unit (20) coupled to a rear portion of the boat body (10); a control device (30) configured to control the outboard unit (20) so that the boat body (10) runs; and a joystick (40) wirelessly connected to the control device (30), the joystick being configured to be gripped and manipulated by a fisherman, wherein the joystick (40) includes a communication unit (41) configured for wireless connection to the control device (30); a control input unit (42) configured to input a control signal to the control device (30); and a locking unit (43) configured to determine whether or not to activate the control input unit (42) or the communication unit (41).

Abstract: A system for controlling an operation of a machine is provided. The system includes a controller to communicate with a positioning module disposed on the machine and a sensor module associated with the implement. The controller determines a start location and an end location of the operation, and determines an operating path therebetween. Further, the controller engages the implement with a work surface and moves the machine from the start location. The controller further determines an interrupted location of the machine based on the positioning module and a load acting on the implement. The controller further resumes the operation of the machine from the interrupted location if a first distance between the interrupted location and the start location is greater than a first threshold distance and a second distance between the interrupted location and the end location is greater than a second threshold distance.

Abstract: A tripod with accessories, including a tripod having three pivotal legs that when extended finds support upon the ground, and when retracted, incorporates a pair of lateral wheels that allow for the tripod to be moved as a dolly, the wheels are provided upon two of the tripod legs, and the third or back leg has an equipment platform, upon which equipment may be applied, to facilitate their movement when the tripod is collapsed, titled forwardly, to cart the equipment around with the tripod to other locations within in a plant or upon the ground.

Abstract: A hydraulic excavator includes a traveling unit and a revolving unit mounted on the traveling unit. The revolving unit includes a revolving frame as a base, right and left side sections, a cab, a hand rail and a grip. The right and left side sections are disposed on right and left sides of the revolving unit. The cab is provided at a first of the right and left side sections. The hand rail is provided at a front edge on a second of the right and left side sections. The hand rail extends upward from the front edge toward a rear of the revolving unit. The grip is provided below the hand rail and on a side surface of the revolving frame. The traveling unit includes a track frame, and a step provided on a side surface of the track frame below the hand rail.

Abstract: A shear bearing for a rotor system has a four bar linkage and a grip configured to retain a flexural yoke and the grip is connected between a first set of opposing links of the four bar linkage. A rotor system has a flexural yoke and a shear bearing configured to perform at least one of transmitting forces to the yoke and receiving forces from the yoke, wherein the yoke is free of cavities for receiving the shear bearing. A rotational system has a flexural yoke and a damper disposed on a surface of the yoke.

Abstract: Apparatus for facilitating the loading and unloading of heavy ladders from the roof of a motor vehicle comprises a pair of crossbar members affixed to the roof of the vehicle that extend transversely to the length dimension of the vehicle. A four-bar linkage arrangement affixed to the rearmost crossbar member is adapted to be driven by a shaft journaled for rotation in the spaced-apart crossbar members is arranged to displace a ladder support bar to which ladder hooks are attached. A front ladder hook is attached by a coupler to the elongated shaft at the forward facing end of the ladder rack assembly where the coupler is designed to allow the shaft to be rotated through a predetermined angle before the front ladder hook will rotate with the shaft and in this way the front and rear hooks remain parallel to one another through their range of motions.

Abstract: A utility holding device is suitable for carrying tools and materials at a construction site. The utility holding device is especially useful for carrying tools and materials for an electrician or a plumber. The wheels provide mobility. The ladder attachment permits a utility holding device to be safely used with a ladder. The scaffold attachment permits a utility holding device to be safely used with a scaffold.

Abstract: A mounting system for detachably storing ladders comprising at least one elongate member with a length and opposed first and second ends. The system also includes a ledge adapted to be movable along the length of the elongate member. A securing latch is provided which is adapted to be movable along the length of the elongate member. The securing latch is pivotally carried on the elongate member. The securing latch can have a gas spring with a body pivotally attached to the elongate member and a rod pivotally attached to the latch. The latch has a profile complimentary to a surface of said ladder.

Abstract: A step assembly for attachment to a boat lift frame to allow for easy entry and exit from a boat secured on a boat lift. The assembly comprises a platform connected to a vertical member. The vertical member is fastened to a beam of the boat lift frame. The platform may be hingedly connected to the vertical member and movable between a horizontal position and a vertical position.

Abstract: A ladder is provided. The ladder includes a frame having a first side wall and a second side wall. The first and second side walls are connected by a plurality of steps. The plurality of steps is provided in an axially spaced apart arrangement relative to each other. The ladder also includes an actuator coupled to the frame. The actuator is configured to provide a rotary movement to the frame for positioning the ladder in any one of a deployed position and a stowed position. The ladder further includes a torsion plate. The torsion plate is provided on the frame in cooperation with the actuator. The torsion plate is configured to transfer at least a portion of a torque associated with the rotary movement from the first side wall to the second side wall.

Abstract: A retractable step assembly for a vehicle includes a track assembly mounted on a vehicle frame beneath a workbed, a step assembly, and a pivot assembly that engages the track and step assemblies together. The step assembly moves between a storage position where it is disposed between tracks of the track assembly, and an operational position where it extends outwardly from the tracks, through an aperture in the vehicle's wall panel, and angles downwardly toward the ground. A foldable handrail on the step assembly is selectively movable between a collapsed position and an extended position. The handrail is in the extended position when the step assembly is operational and folds to the collapsed position when the step assembly is stored. First and second supports are provided for the step assembly to rest upon when in either of the storage position and the operational position.

Abstract: An apparatus for facilitating the storage of equipment such as ladders in the upper area, but particularly in the upper area on the outside of emergency vehicles such as trucks which includes a capability of moving the ladder to an extended lower deployed position to facilitate immediate access thereto by emergency workers such as firemen. An outer bracket is connected to an inner housing through a parallel linkage with the inner housing attached to the vehicle and the outer bracket attachable to the equipment. The outer bracket includes a downwardly extendable sliding carriage to facilitate positioning of the equipment at a lower level for aiding in retrieval thereof utilizing a flexible control arm.

Abstract: An access ladder configurable from an extended position for providing access to a structure and a stowed position. The access ladder comprises an elongated first member having a first step extending laterally therefrom. An elongated second member is associated with the first member and configured for translational movement relative thereto and has a second step extending laterally therefrom. A link extends between the second member and the structure such that rotation of the first member moves the second member translationally relative to the first member, thereby moving said at least one second step towards said at least one first step.

Abstract: A stack-fold implement having a central bulk fill hopper assembly is provided. The bulk fill hopper assembly is mounted to the center frame section of the stack-told implement and does not affect the narrowness of the stack-fold implement when it's in a stacked, transport position, The hopper assembly includes a pair of bulk fill hoppers or tanks supported by cradle that is in turn supported by a pair of wheels. The cradle is removably coupled to the center frame section by a plurality of rigid frame members.

Abstract: A movable type ladder device for a work vehicle includes a ladder main body, a drive mechanism, and an up-and-down lock mechanism. The ladder main body has first and second end portions in a longitudinal direction thereof with the first end portion being rotatably supported with respect to the vehicle body. The drive mechanism is configured to move the ladder main body between a boarding posture and a retracted posture by rotating the ladder main body at an angle of 90 degrees. The up-and-down lock mechanism is configured to restrict the ladder main body set in the retracted posture from moving in an up-and-down direction. The rotational center axis is disposed perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the ladder main body set in the boarding posture in a front view, and perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the ladder main body set in the retracted posture in a plan view.

Abstract: Fall restraint equipment comprising a mobile access unit having a mobile platform portion, a ladder portion, and a cage portion. The components of the fall restraint equipment are formed from butterflying, lasering, cutting, bending, and/or stamping continuous pieces of tubular and sheet metal. The components of the mobile access unit are modular and include adapters of varying height that cause the mobile access unit to exhibit varying height.

Abstract: A four-bar linkage ladder is used to provide access to the cab of a mobile machine. The ladder is light enough for manual operation and may include a spring assembly, but avoids the need for the electric, pneumatic, or hydraulic actuators of prior art moveable ladders. The ladder swings from bumper height to an ergonomically desirable height for access and egress and allows passage over uneven terrain without ground contact.

Abstract: A ladder-like access device is suited for securing to a tire of a vehicle by way of a strap, rope, chain, cable or similar structure. The device may include extendable legs to adapt its length to a range of wheel and tire sizes. A variety of structures, materials and construction methods are described and claimed.

Abstract: A ladder assembly for a work vehicle is disclosed. The ladder assembly may generally include a ladder having a first side rail, a second side rail and first and second rungs extending between the first and second side rails. The ladder may be supported on the work vehicle at a first pivot point and a second pivot point. The ladder may also include a first linkage and a second linkage. The first linkage may be coupled between the first rung and the first pivot point and the second linkage may be coupled between the second rung and the second pivot point. In addition, the ladder may be configured to pivot about the first and second pivot points between a first position and a second position.

Abstract: The invention relates to an extendable/retractable ladder mounted to a boat trailer to allow access to a boat carried on the trailer. The ladder includes a pair of first vertically oriented bars and a pair of second bars. The vertically oriented bars have an inner cavity and a slot in one of its sides. The second bars have an inner cavity and a slot in one of its sides. The first end of the first bars and the second end of the second bars are connected such that the second end of the second bars can move along the length of the first bars between an extended position in which the first end of the second bars is a distance away from the first bars and a retracted position in which the first end and the second end of the second bars are adjacent to the first bars.

Abstract: A stack-fold implement having a central bulk fill hopper assembly is provided. The bulk fill hopper assembly is mounted to the center frame section of the stack-fold implement and does not affect the narrowness of the stack-fold implement when it's in a stacked, transport position. The hopper assembly includes a pair of bulk fill hoppers or tanks supported by cradle that is in turn supported by a pair of wheels. The cradle is removably coupled to the center frame section by a plurality of rigid frame members.

Abstract: A stack-fold implement having a central bulk fill hopper assembly is provided. The bulk fill hopper assembly is mounted to the center frame section of the stack-fold implement and does not affect the narrowness of the stack-fold implement when it's in a stacked, transport position. The hopper assembly includes a pair of bulk fill hoppers or tanks supported by cradle that is in turn supported by a pair of wheels. The cradle is removably coupled to the center frame section by a plurality of rigid frame members. A retractable ladder may be stowed beneath the hopper assembly.

Abstract: A fluid storage container and method is disclosed. The fluid storage container comprises a base frame that supports a tank, a tank for storing fluid, a working surface area walkway built into an end of the tank, a ladder connected near the front of the walkway to the frame, a plurality of handrails on the walkway that can be positioned depending on the required function of the tank, a plurality of strut panels that serve as floorboards on the walkway, a bridge that extends from the left and right sides of the tank to connect to other like tanks, a safety chain that connects between adjacently parked containers, and a dual manifold assembly. A method for configuring the tank's walkways as continuous walkways when parked adjacent to each other is disclosed. A dual manifold system and method for operating the manifolds is also disclosed.

Abstract: A ladder assembly for a work vehicle is disclosed. The ladder assembly may generally include a ladder having a first side rail, a second side rail and first and second rungs extending between the first and second side rails. The ladder may be supported on the work vehicle at a first pivot point and a second pivot point. The ladder may also include a first linkage and a second linkage. The first linkage may be coupled between the first rung and the first pivot point and the second linkage may be coupled between the second rung and the second pivot point. In addition, the ladder may be configured to pivot about the first and second pivot points between a first position and a second position.

Abstract: A mobile lift unit for accessing bulk carrier top openings for use on a variety of bulk carriers that has a safety cage which is extendable to various heights while protecting operators from potential falls during the use thereof.

Abstract: A ladder constructed for reaching an elevated surface or object and having a bow-shaped configuration so that the reach may extend further from the base on which the footing of the ladder rests, the ladder being configured to reach areas such as the roof of a vehicle.