Patent ID: 6390757
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: B64F

Abstract:
A baggage slide for a movable elevated passenger walkway/bridge having attached to said movable elevated passenger walkway/bridge an auxiliary access stairway extending downwardly on an incline from the movable elevated passenger walkway/bridge to the tarmac, the auxiliary access stairway having an upper portion landing platform for facilitating access for airline service employees to and from the elevated passenger walkway/bridge from and to the tarmac, the baggage slide comprising:a baggage slide support member attached to a movable elevated passenger walkway/bridge and extending from said elevated passenger walkway/bridge near a leading edge and near an underneath side of an auxiliary access stairway's upper portion landing platform, the baggage slide support member further laterally extending beyond the auxiliary access stairway's upper portion landing platform a sufficient length to pivotally couple a loading end of an inclined modular ramp assembly; the inclined modular ramp assembly including an unloading end for resting on a tarmac surface with a generally planar conveyance surface extending between the unloading end and the loading end for the sliding conveyance of an article from said loading end to said unloading end; the inclined modular ramp assembly being disposed near and generally parallel to the auxiliary access stairway; and the inclined modular ramp assembly further including upstanding wall members generally along each edge of the generally planar conveyance surface, the upstanding wall members being means for preventing the sliding article from falling off the generally planar conveyance surface.