Patent ID: 8844676
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: E06C

Abstract:
1. A secured step platform to be attached to a tire of a vehicle, the platform comprising: a ladder structure including two rigid vertical uprights and three horizontal steps disposed substantially perpendicular to and between the two vertical uprights, wherein each of said two vertical uprights respectively forms a channel receiving ends of the three horizontal steps; and anti-slip feet attached at lower ends of the two vertical uprights; and a top step attached to and extending horizontally between a top of a first vertical upright of the two vertical uprights and a top of a second vertical upright of the two vertical uprights, said top step having an indentation forming an inner surface of an inner edge of said top step, said inner surface having a three dimensional concave contour, the inner surface further having protrusions configured to keep the top step from sliding against the tire, wherein said three dimensional concave contour of said inner surface is configured to match a shape of a sidewall and adjacent tread surface of the tire to securely rest the step platform at an angle against the sidewall of the tire when the tire is installed on the vehicle; and a securing structure including at least one length adjustable strap attached to and extending between the first vertical upright and the second vertical upright, a second strap attached to a first point of the at least one length adjustable strap, a first end of a third strap attached to the top step as a second end of the third strap is attached at a second point of the at least one length adjustable strap, wherein a major length of the third strap is further attached substantially perpendicularly to a major length of the second strap, the securing structure configured to secure the step platform to the tire by having the at least one length adjustable strap extend around a rear surface of the tire as the second strap extends parallel to and along an upper tread surface of the tire as the third strap extends over and perpendicular to the upper tread surface of the tire as the ladder structure is secured in position at the angle against the sidewall of the tire.