Patent ID: 6467234
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: E04F,E06C

Abstract:
A method of using a prefabricated stairway module to form a stairway resting on a sloping surface,the module comprising a first step and a second step, each step having a tread member and a riser member, each tread member and riser member having a leading edge and a trailing edge, the first step and the second step being inseparably joined by a bridging member, the bridging member being arranged between and connecting the leading edge of the tread member of the first step and the trailing edge of the riser member of the second step, and being inclined relative to the tread and riser members so as to conform to the sloping surface, the stairway module further including plural fixing means spaced along its ascending length for fixing the module to the sloping surface, at least some of the fixing means being associated with and penetrating the bridging member; said method comprising the steps of: placing the module on the sloping surface so that the bridging member conforms with the sloping surface; and driving the fixing means into the sloping surface.