Patent ID: 7775169
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: A01C,B60R,E06C

Abstract:
1. An access assembly in combination with a planting implement having a first storage tank laterally adjacent to a second storage tank both mounted on a wheeled frame assembly for movement in a forward direction of travel, comprising: a central ramp located between and fixed relative to the first and second storage tanks; an extended ramp having a forward end opposite a rearward end aligned in a fore-and-aft direction relative to the direction of travel of the implement, the forward end of the extended ramp pivotally connected about a first horizontal axis at a rearward end of the central ramp; and a ladder defined by first and second side supports including upper ends, the first and second side supports having elongated slots therein adjacent the upper ends; a first and second pivots, the first pivot extending through the slot in a first guide bar of a slide mechanism and the slot in the first side support of the ladder and the second pivot extending through the slot in a second guide bar of the slide mechanism and the slot in the second side support of the ladder so as to pivotally couple the guide bars of the slide mechanism to the ladder about a second horizontal, said ladder pivotally coupled about the second horizontal axis at the rearward end of the extended ramp, wherein the ladder and the extended ramp pivot together about the first horizontal axis at the forward end of the extended ramp between a raised position and a lowered position.