Patent ID: 8322739
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
1. A boat trailer step assist comprising: a lower support arm connected to a base plate and an upper support arm, the upper support arm having a stowed position and a deployed position; a grab handle being connected to the base plate and extending away from the base plate at an angle normal to the base plate; at least two steps being connected to the support arms and, when in use, not being in the same vertical plane as the trailer tongue, each of the two steps being greater in width than a width of the support arms, one step being connected to the lower support arm, and the other step being connected to the upper support arm; wherein a top end of the grab handle is at a higher elevation than the step which is connected to the upper support arm; wherein the base plate is connected to a trailer tongue; and wherein, to transition from the deployed position to the stowed position, a forward face of the upper support arm is rotated downward to contact a forward face of the lower support arm.