Patent ID: 6681432
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
A gangway comprising:(a) a plurality of sides spaced apart from each other in a substantially parallel manner;, (b) a plurality of trapezoidal steps flexibly secured to said plurality of sides; (c) a handrail; (d) a plurality of railing posts flexibly secured to said handrail at one end, and rigidly secured to said plurality of trapezoidal steps at an opposite end, wherein at least one of said plurality of railing posts has a concave shaped portion in a region adjacent to said plurality of trapezoidal steps; and (e) a plurality of runners secured to an underside of said plurality of sides at a defined acute angle in relation to said plurality of sides; wherein a distance between said plurality of runners along an axis parallel to said plurality of trapezoidal steps is smaller than a second distance between an associated plurality of sides along said axis parallel to said plurality of trapezoidal steps.