Abstract: An adjustable bench comprises a seat, a skirt extending from the seat, and a plurality of height adjustable leg assemblies coupled to the skirt. The seat is shaped to be selectively mated with the skirt to provide the bench with either a flat top or a sloped top surface.

Abstract: A platform system is configured to allow an individual to be supported at a plurality of different heights, and includes a frame defining a plurality of platform adjustment levels, and an upper support platform that is configured to be selectively moved between the plurality of platform adjustment levels to provide the plurality of different heights.

Abstract: A modular step stool system according to various embodiments can include a plurality of stepping blocks comprising a first stepping block and a second stepping block configured to support a user's body weight. A plurality of interlocking elements is interposed between the first stepping block and the second stepping block for horizontally and vertically interconnecting and interlocking at least the first and second stepping blocks to form a raised step platform. Some of the plurality of interlocking elements include sub-couplings which are configured to provide simultaneous horizontal and vertical interconnections. Some embodiments of the device include raised walls configured within the side walls and corner tabs inserted within the corners of the stepping blocks and configured having a profiled selected based upon the shape of the sub-couplings to facilitate stacking and interconnections in at least one of a horizontal, a vertical, a perpendicular, and an offset configuration.

Abstract: A closet stool for use in providing access by a user to items stored in the closet and including a pair of support members each including a substantially horizontally disposed leg having inner and outer ends and a pair of brackets each for supporting an inner end of the respective substantially horizontally disposed legs from an inner wall of the closet with the legs extending in parallel and spaced from each other. The pair of support members further include a pair of substantially vertically disposed post members each having upper and lower ends. The upper end of each post member is for coupling with the outer end of a respective leg. The lower end of each post member is for resting on a floor surface of the closet. A foot support pad extends between and is supported by the legs.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sink access device which is utilized to facilitate a child or a diminutive person to wash their hands at a lavatory located in a public restroom. The sink access device includes a step support mount having a base and an upwardly extending arm. The step support mount is fixedly attached to a portion of a public restroom. A step is pivotally mounted to the upwardly extending arm of the step support mount. The step has a first position wherein the step is in a vertical position and a second position wherein the step is in a horizontal position providing a platform for a diminutive person to step onto. The step is positioned either at or behind a vertical plane defined by the front profile of a sink when the step is in the first position and the step breaks the plane when in the second position.

Abstract: A modular step stool system according to various embodiments can include a plurality of stepping blocks comprising a first stepping block and a second stepping block configured to support a user's body weight. A plurality of interlocking elements is interposed between the first stepping block and the second stepping block for horizontally and vertically interconnecting and interlocking at least the first and second stepping blocks to form a raised step platform. Some of the plurality of interlocking elements include sub-couplings which are configured to provide simultaneous horizontal and vertical interconnections. Some embodiments of the device include raised walls configured within the side walls and corner tabs inserted within the corners of the stepping blocks and configured having a profiled selected based upon the shape of the sub-couplings to facilitate stacking and interconnections in at least one of a horizontal, a vertical, a perpendicular, and an offset configuration.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sink access device which is utilized to facilitate a child or a diminutive person to wash their hands at a lavatory located in a public restroom. The sink access device includes a step support mount having a base and an upwardly extending arm. The step support mount is fixedly attached to a portion of a public restroom. A step is pivotally mounted to the upwardly extending arm of the step support mount. The step has a first position wherein the step is in a vertical position and a second position wherein the step is in a horizontal position providing a platform for a diminutive person to step onto. The step is positioned either at or behind a vertical plane defined by the front profile of a sink when the step is in the first position and the step breaks the plane when in the second position.

Abstract: A combination chair and ladder assembly including a center leg, a rear leg and a front leg wherein the rear leg is pivotally connected to the center leg and swings outwardly away from the center leg. The assembly includes a lower step or platform assembly including a first platform having first and second portions with a hinge connecting the first and second portions. The front leg is connected to the first platform. In addition, the chair and ladder assembly may include an upper step or platform assembly having a plurality of platforms pivotally connected to the center leg and to a front support member. The lower step or platform assembly operates independently of the upper step or platform assembly.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sink access device which is utilized to facilitate a child or a diminutive person to wash their hands at a lavatory located at a public restroom. The sink access device includes a step support mount having a base and an upwardly extending arm. The step support mount is fixedly attached to a portion of a public restroom. A step is pivotally mounted to the upwardly extending arm of the step support mount. The step has a first position wherein the step is in a vertical position and a second position wherein the step is in a horizontal position providing a platform for a diminutive person to step onto. The step is positioned either at or behind a vertical plane defined by the front profile of a sink when the step is in the first position and the step breaks the plane when in the second position.

Abstract: A step stool for storing underneath a cabinet and extending therefrom when in use is provided. Such step stool includes a platform member for supporting a user. Such platform member being manufactured from a first predetermined material and having a first predetermined size and a first predetermined shape. A mechanism is operably disposed on at least one of a bottom portion of such platform member and at least one side of such platform member at a first predetermined location thereon for facilitating movement of the step stool such that the step stool may be extended from underneath such cabinet for use and may be returned to a position underneath such cabinet for storage.

Abstract: A truck (136) has a sleeper cab (138) in which a bunk (140) is elevated from a floor (72) of the cab. A cabinet (110) is adjacent an end of the bunk. A track (146, 148) runs on the cab floor from inside the cabinet to outside the cabinet. A set of stairs (42; 242) are movable along the track from a non-deployed position inside the cabinet to a deployed position that allows a person to ascend and descend the stairs for climbing up into and climbing down from the bunk. A releasable locking system (150) locks the stairs in the deployed and non-deployed positions. A handle (158) can be pulled to unlock the stairs from non-deployed position and move them to deployed position. The handle can be pushed to unlock the stairs from deployed position and move them to non-deployed position.

Abstract: This device will allow the user access to a platform and also use the device as an additional step. It will be easy to move and easy to stow. Unlike a footstool it can be easily stowed under cabinets or chairs. A hole in the center section, which is the step, allows the user to easily move it from location to location. Hinges on the sides of the steps allow the step to be raised and lowered at will and a stop mechanism is provided to allow the step to be raised and stay in position.

Abstract: A folding chair constructed of synthetic polymeric material and having an aesthetic appearance simulating that of a traditional wooden folding chair, while incorporating structural features for facilitating uniform and stable stacking of like chairs, and for providing lighter weight, greater strength and enhanced structural integrity, increased comfort and safety and ease of operation. Lighter weight is attained through the use of hollow structural elements reinforced at critical locations for greater strength and enhanced structural integrity. Increased comfort and safety are attained by recessing certain components which otherwise could cause damage to adjacent chairs or to the clothing of persons seated upon the chair, or cause injury to the persons themselves.

Abstract: A step assembly is stored in the overhang area of a kitchen counter when not in use. The step assembly is deployed into an extended position by kicking a vertically disposed front wall. Springs then cause a linkage to deploy that positions the vertical front wall away from the front of the counter. The front wall is then pivoted into a horizontal plane where it provides a step that enable a user to reach cupboards mounted above the kitchen counter.

Abstract: An access step that moves from beneath a cabinet. The access step includes a kick-plate actuated mechanism that selectively retains the access step beneath the cabinet when not in use, but that forces the access step away from its retention position when an impact is applied to the kick-plate. The access step includes lights. The access step also includes an extendable second step that a user can extend when higher access is required. Friction elements on the step prevent a user's foot from slipping. The attachment mechanism can move the access step on rails away from the cabinet or it can rotate the access step away from the cabinet on a pivot. The access step includes rollers that retract into recess when a user steps on the access step. The access step further includes an anti-marring element that engages the floor when weight is placed on the access step.

Abstract: An extensible and retractable step assembly is provided that has a base and a first step. The step is attached to one end of the base and rotates up on the base. The step has first and second stepping surfaces for reaching different heights. The step assembly may be inserted before or after the cabinet is installed.

Abstract: An apparatus having one or two steps at the election of a user. The apparatus is stored under a counter in a space that is normally wasted. When in its single step configuration the apparatus has a generally parallelepiped appearance and includes a transversely disposed front wall, longitudinally extending side walls, a transversely disposed rear wall, and a top wall that provides a first step. A folding line formed in the top wall enables a trailing section of the structure to be rotated until the rear wall lies in a horizontal plane and provides a second step. A transverse rod facilitates rotation of the second step and the transverse rod supports the second step after it has been deployed. The rod has a telescoped construction and permits lowering of the second step when the user exerts an axial force against the rod.

Abstract: A collapsible step assembly for storing in a drawer of a cabinet. The collapsible step assembly includes a staircase for ascending and descending from a surface. The staircase includes a first end and a second end. A drawer assembly is provided for pivotally storing the staircase under the cabinet. The drawer assembly includes a drawer that has an interior. The second end of the staircase is pivotally coupled to the drawer between an extended position and a retracted position, In one embodiment of the present invention, the extended position is characterized by the staircase extending outwardly through an opening in the drawer. The retracted position is characterized by the staircase lying in the interior of the drawer. A bracket assembly is pivotally coupled to the staircase for supporting the staircase in the extended position.

Abstract: A self-contained fire escape apparatus for mounting in a wall of a building adjacent an associated window includes a collapsible ladder. A cover is securely attached to a first end of the ladder. A box is configured to provide storage space for the ladder and defines a bottom wall, front and rear walls, a pair of sidewalls, and an opening in the front wall. A second end of the ladder is securely anchored to the box. The cover is releasably attached to the box to cover at least a portion of the opening such that a person can manually remove the cover and eject the cover and the first end of the ladder through the associated window. The box is configured for mounting within a building wall in close reception between a pair of upright structural members of the building wall. The collapsible ladder 2 is sufficiently small in its collapsed condition that it fits within the box 8 for storage.

Abstract: A cabinet structure includes a parallelepiped frame having a top side, a bottom side, a front side, a rear side and two opposite lateral sides. A drawer is provided on the upper portion of the frame, having a front panel comprised of four boards overlapping each other and releasably secured together by means of a bolt. Two L-shaped door panels are respectively hinged to two opposite sides of the frame to openably cover the front side. By opening the two door panels to be opposite to each other and un-folding the boards of the front panel of the drawer to have the boards supported on the L-shaped door panels, a stair-like platform ladder is formed with the top side of the cabinet serving as the platform. A safety rack is provided on the platform and is collapsible into a channel formed inside the cabinet so as to be selectively expanded when the cabinet is converted into the platform ladder.

Abstract: A ladder device with integral housing, hinges, and axle for use in conjunction with independent support structures. The device utilizes minimal space within the support structure, transfers the preponderance of loads to the floor, is adjustable for varied dimensional relationships and is adaptable to a plurality of locations within or upon the support structure. The device can be extended and deployed, used to extend a users reach height, and then stowed away within the housing without disturbing the use of the support structure.

Abstract: A folding step assembly is attached to a wall at a predetermined height above a floor and is movable from a stowed position to an operative position. The step assembly includes a step member providing a step surface between an inner and outer edge, an inner hinge attaching the inner edge of the step member to the wall or wall recess at a desired height, a brace having an inner edge and an outer edge, an outer hinge attaching the outer edge of the step member to the inner edge of the brace, and a stop for limiting the angle between the step member and the brace to thereby maintain the brace at an acute angle relative to the step member. In the stowed position, the brace is substantially parallel to the step member and the step member is substantially parallel to the wall or the inside of the wall recess.

Abstract: A collapsible and retractable step apparatus having first and second steps is provided. The steps are extendable from, and used in combination with, a shelf that resides a vertical distance above a floor. A support and suspension leg unit is free at a first end thereof and is rotationally secured at a second end thereof to the second step. The leg unit is also rotationally secured to the first step at a location between the first and second ends of the leg unit. The leg unit positions and supports the first and second steps in a first configuration in which the first and second steps are positioned along with the leg unit in a substantially contiguous plane. The leg unit is rotatable about the location between the first and second ends of the leg unit to a second configuration in which the leg unit is in a substantially vertical orientation with respect to the floor. In the second configuration, the first or free end of the leg unit rests on the floor such that the leg unit supports the first step.

Abstract: An improved foldable extension escape ladder is provided and consists of a plurality of ladder segments. A mechanism for oppositely hinging each ladder segment to each other so that when in a folded position it will be used as a piece of furniture and when in an unfolded position it will be used as the escape ladder. Another mechanism is for retaining the ladder segments together in the folded up position and hanging the ladder segments by the first ladder segment, from an open window of a building in the unfolded position so that a person may climb down the escape ladder to the ground during a fire.

Abstract: A step-stool for enabling a child to climb up to the top surface of a cabinet made of a top piece, a bottom piece and a middle step or platform piece adapted to slide out from between the top piece and the bottom piece to form a step. Two T-shaped spacers, one on each side, provide a channel for the middle platform piece to move outward and form the step. Screws, nails, or nuts and bolts act as fasteners to fit through the top piece, the two spacers and the bottom piece to hold them together, leave room for the middle slidable platform piece to be pulled out and to anchor the step-stool to a cabinet or other floor. The components of the step-stool of the invention may be marketed as a kit, put together to form an unanchored step-stool or anchored to a cabinet or other floor.

Abstract: A folding step structure (7) comprises an elongate base (11) to be laid on or parallel to a ground surface (1); a frame (15) connected to the base; a step (14) connected to the frame such that the frame and the step member are together pivotal, about pivot points (20, 21) towards one end of the base, between a first limit position in which the step is parallel to, and closely spaced from, the ground surface at a location towards the other end of the base, in which limit position the frame is closely adjacent the base, and a second limit position in which the step is supported above the base; and a bracing strut (24) for securing the step and the frame in the second limit position.

Abstract: An extensible and retractable step assembly for a floor cabinet having an open rectangular base slidably mounted in an interior space at the bottom of the cabinet immediately above the floor and selectively positionable in the cabinet or in front of the cabinet, a step which fits inside this base, and slidable pivoted linkages connecting the step to the base and permitting the step to be raised up from the base when the base is extended in front of the cabinet.

Abstract: A collapsible step apparatus (10) for use in combination with a kitchen cabinet shelf (101); wherein the apparatus (10) comprises an articulated step unit (11) and a mounting unit (12) adapted to movably secure the articulated step unit (11) to the underside of the kitchen cabinet shelf (101) whereby the articulated step unit (11) may be deployed in an extended or retracted mode relative to the cabinet shelf (101).

Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a multi-purpose aluminum folding ladder having a detachable stand-on board and a pair of supporting handrails mounted thereto when used as a stepladder, and more particular to a foldable ladder which can be converted into ladders of different forms such as, a stepladder, a stretched climbing ladder, and also into work stations, and tables etc., and can further be assembled into a variety of exercising apparatuses with the assistance of a number of accessory parts on which people can do various kinds of exercise such as rowing, weight-pulling, chest-expanding, arm and leg strengthening; and can also be transformed into a chair for relaxation purpose. The multipurpose folding ladder is characterized by its practicality and readiness in use.

Abstract: A ladder comprises a pair of main stiles, a series of centrally-hinged rungs with ends articulated to the two main stiles, whereby the ladder can adopt a folded inoperative configuration in which the main stiles are alongside each other and an extended operative configuration in which the main stiles are spaced from each other, and means for stopping the ladder in the extended operative configuration. The main stiles are articulated together at their upper ends and the ladder further includes a single auxiliary stile articulated at its upper end to the two upper ends of the main stiles about an axis substantially perpendicular to the articulation axis of the two main stiles. The auxiliary stile is movable between a position alongside the two main stiles, corresponding to the folded inoperative condition of the ladder, and a position spaced from the main stiles, corresponding to the extended operative condition of the ladder.

Abstract: This invention relates to a detachable top to be used with foldup ladders of the type described in co-pending applications Ser. Nos. 06/341,830; 06/492,487; and 06/537,276. Also, this top can be used with the slidable ladder described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,429,766. This ladder can be converted into many structures such as a workbench, table or step ladder. The top comprises a rectangular main portion and a narrower extending section. The main portion fits over and around the rails of the ladder (after conversion to a workbench) and the narrower extending section fits inside the rails but on substantially the same plane as the main portion.

Abstract: A portable auctioneer's podium assembly movably supported on casters that may occupy either a first or second position, which assembly when in the first is defined by a vertically disposable elongate structure that supports a shelf on which the auctioneer may rest papers and the like, and an elevated platform rearwardly of the structure on which the auctioneer may stand to look down on a crowd to spot bidders. The platform is hingedly connected to the structure and may be pivoted into the latter when the assembly is disposed in a second position to occupy less space than in the first position to facilitate the transportation of the assembly from one auction site to another. Fastening means are provided to removably secure the platform in the second position.

Abstract: A guard and staircase unit for a drop-side crib, with vertical rods supporting the drop-side thereof, comprises a supporting framework consisting of a plurality of supporting members arranged in a rectangular support. A plurality of supporting members extend vertically from said rectangular support and support a plurality of steps with the top step being at the level of the crib mattress. A guard barrier wall is supported on said vertically extending support members for positioning along the open side of the crib with the drop-side opened or removed. An opening is provided in the guard barrier wall at the level of the top step. A railing is provided along the side of the steps opposite the wall and around the top step. The unit is provided with eyelets or other suitable fastening means for securing the same to the vertical rods of the crib.

Abstract: A combination seat and step arrangement for a railway sleeping compartment having components of the seat forming a step or ladder and a seat assembly. The seat includes a lateral part which is hinged upwardly and an upper lateral part of the back rest hinged to swing over the raised lateral part and locked therewith to provide a step alongside the main seating section.

Abstract: A railway passenger car compartment includes an upper berth and a convertible seat. The compartment is provided with a fixture adjacent to the seat which serves as a storage unit, as a ladder to provide access to the upper berth, as an arm rest for the seat, and as an instrument panel for various electrical components.

Abstract: An article of furniture providing a flight of steps employing a chest of drawers and a desk within the frame supporting the top step.

Abstract: An enclosure which serves as a storage means for a fire escape ladder, made from a rope-like flexible material, is given a decorative appearance and is provided with a set of drawers for storing valuables. By its weight the enclosure itself, once thrown out of a window, serves to unwind and place in position the fire escape ladder.