Patent ID: 6105718
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: E04D

Abstract:
An extendable step stilt, comprising:a tubular elongate top member having an upper end, an open lower end and a longitudinal axis extending between said upper and lower ends of said top member;a tubular elongate bottom member having opposite upper and lower ends and a longitudinal axis extending between said upper and lower ends of said bottom member;said lower end of said top member telescopically receiving said upper end of said bottom member into said top member;said top member having a length between said upper end and said lower end, said bottom member having a length between said upper end and said lower end, said length of said top member being greater than said length of said bottom member, said top member being adapted to receive the entire said length of said bottom member to thereby minimize the size of said members in a collapsed condition;an upper footrest plate being coupled to said upper end of said top member;a lower footrest plate being outwardly extended from said top member adjacent said lower end of said top member wherein said upper foot rest plate has a convex upper face, and an outer perimeter comprising a pair of arcuate end edges and a pair of substantally parallel side edges, said end edges of said upper footrest plate lying in planes extending substantially parallele to a first pair of opposite sides of said top member and said side edges of said upper footrest plate lying in planes substantially parallel to a second pair of opposite sides of said top member; said upper foot rest plate being centered with said longitudinal axis of said top member and lying in a plane substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal axis of said top member; said lower footrest plate an upper face, and an outer perimeter comprising a pair of sustantially parallel end edges and a pair of substantially parallel side edges extending substantially parallel to said end edges of said lowere footrest plate, said end edges of said lower footrest plate lying in planes substantilally parallel to said first pair of opposite sides of said top member and said side edges of said lower footrest plate lying in planes substantially parallel to said second pair of opposites of said top member.