Patent ID: 6076844
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
In combination with a vehicle having a frame rail and a fuel tank attached to the frame rail by two tank straps and frame brackets, a vehicle access step assembly, comprising:(a) two step brackets with each of said step bracket being attached to an outer surface of each of said tank straps;(b) an access step with a top surface, a front side and a rear side, portions of said front and rear sides being approximately perpendicular to said top surface and in a vertical position;(c) said front side of said access step is attached to an outer portion of each of said step brackets;(d) a step-to-bracket attachment means for attaching said rear side of said access step to inner portions of each of said step brackets without the use of screws and rivets; and(e) said step-to-bracket attachment means comprisingsaid rear side of said access step having tabs corresponding to each of said step brackets;said tabs each being a continuation of said rear side which curves concave upwards away from said step brackets of said access step and corresponds to the width of said step brackets; andengagement receiver pieces attached to an inner and upper portion of each of said step brackets, each of said engagement receiver pieces having an outwardly facing slot shaped to engage and engaging said tabs.