Patent ID: 8322490
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: E06C

Abstract:
1. A trailer and flatbed ladder apparatus comprising a lower section; an upper section hingedly attached to the lower section; a division disposed between the lower section and the upper section, the upper section hingedly attached to the lower section at the division; a pair of identical spaced apart rails extending along and as part of the upper section and lower section, the pair comprising a first rail and a second rail; a plurality of spaced apart rungs disposed on the lower section between the rails, the rungs of the lower section comprising a first rung disposed on the bottom of the lower section, a second rung disposed above the first rung, a lower third rung disposed above the second rung, the lower third rung disposed at the division; a plurality of spaced apart rungs disposed on the upper section between the first rail and the second rail the rungs of the upper section comprising an upper third rung disposed at the division, the upper third rung disposed adjacent to the lower third rung, a fourth rung disposed above the upper third rung, a fifth being round and rung having a circular cross-section, the fifth rung disposed above the fourth rung, the fifth rung disposed at the top; an identical bend disposed in each rail in the upper section, the bend disposed between the fourth rung and the fifth rung; a hinge connecting the upper third rung to the lower third rung at the division, the hinge providing 180 degrees of movement between the upper section and the lower section; a sleeve pivotally disposed around the round fifth rung, the sleeve providing 360 degrees of rotation about the round fifth rung, the sleeve extended from adjacent to the first rail to adjacent to the second rail; a stake attached perpendicularly and centrally to the sleeve, the stake disposed distally from the rails, the stake comprising a pair of spaced apart square outer corners disposed distally from the sleeve, a pair of spaced apart rounded inner corners disposed against the sleeve, the stake removably disposed within an existing stake pocket of a trailer and a flatbed.