Patent ID: 8668048
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: E06C

Abstract:
1. A personnel elevator assembly for accessing an elevated platform of a combine which has a ladder assembly, having a forward side, a rearward side, an inner side, an outer side, an upper end and a lower end, comprising: a first upstanding side frame having upper and lower ends; a second side frame having upper and lower ends; said first and second side frames being horizontally spaced-apart from one another; said first and second side frames being secured to the ladder assembly so as to be positioned laterally outwardly from said outer side of the ladder assembly; a first substantially vertically disposed step support member having upper and lower ends, vertically movably mounted on said first side frame; a second substantially vertically disposed step support member, having upper and lower ends, vertically movably mounted on said first side frame; said first and second step support members being movable together between a lower position and an upper position; a horizontally disposed elevator step secured to and extending between the lower ends of said first and second step support members for vertical movement therewith; said horizontally disposed elevator step being positioned below the lower end of the ladder assembly when said first and second step support members are in said lower position; said horizontally disposed elevator step being positioned at approximately the same level as the elevated platform of the combine when said first and second step support members are in said upper position; and means for moving said first and second step support members between said lower and upper positions and for moving said first and second supports between said upper and lower positions.