Patent ID: 9487148
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: B60N,B60R,B63B,E06C

Claim Text:
1. An extendable personnel platform with a foldable guardrail accessory for a cargo truck comprising: a mounting bracket securely fastened to a framing structure of the cargo truck beneath a personnel door disposed on one side of the cargo truck; a platform deck mounted to a sliding mechanism securely fastened to the mounting bracket, wherein the platform deck is operable to be slidably configured in a stowed position beneath the cargo truck and a deployed position extending substantially horizontally beyond the cargo truck along a first axis perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the cargo truck; a latching mechanism operable to lock the platform deck in one of the stowed position and the deployed position; a multi-step stair accessory having at least two steps and slidably mounted beneath the platform deck, wherein the multi-step stair accessory is operable to be slidably configured in a stowed position beneath the platform deck and a deployed position extending substantially beyond the platform deck along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis and parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cargo truck, the platform deck and the multi-step stair accessory forming a L-shaped extension from a side of the cargo truck; and a guardrail accessory securely stowable under the platform deck, the guardrail accessory having first and second elongated members rotatably coupled together at one end, a free end of the first elongated member being adapted to secure to the platform deck to form a substantially vertical post, and a free end of the second elongated member being adapted to secure to the open personnel door to form a substantially horizontal guardrail.