Patent ID: 9114856
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: B63B,E06C

Abstract:
1. A step assembly for attachment to a boat lift, the step assembly comprising: a platform, the platform having: a vertical support member, the vertical support member having: the fastener extending through the through hole and securing the vertical support member to a boat lift, wherein the platform is hingedly connected to the vertical support member and movable to a first position perpendicular to the vertical support member and resting on the upper end and a second position coplanar with and opposite the vertical support member; a left hinge plate, the left hinge plate affixed to the left side adjacent to the rear side, the left hinge plate having an attached end and a free end, the free end extending beyond the rear side opposite the front side and having an aperture; a fight hinge plate, the right hinge plate affixed to the right side, the right hinge plate having an attached end and a free end, the free end extending beyond the rear side opposite the front side and having an aperture; a left vertical hinge plate, the left vertical hinge plate located on the vertical support member adjacent to the left hinge plate, the left vertical hinge plate having an aperture, the aperture aligned with the aperture of the left hinge plate; a right vertical hinge plate, the right vertical hinge plate located on the vertical support member adjacent to the right hinge plate, the right vertical hinge plate having an aperture, the aperture aligned with the aperture of the right hinge plate; and a pair of hinge pins, the hinge pins each received in the co-operating apertures of the left hinge plate and left vertical hinge plate and the right hinge plate and the right vertical hinge plate, wherein the hinge pins each allow for hinged movement of the platform from a horizontal position resting on the upper end to a vertical position opposite the vertical support member and coplanar with the vertical support member.