Patent ID: 7500335
Filing Date: 2009-03-10
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
1. A portable deck system for use with conventional recreational vehicles and fifth wheel campers having an entry door above ground level, the system comprising: a platform assembly having a top surface positionable adjacent to a threshold of the entry door, said platform assembly providing a horizontal space for a user external to the entry door; a stair assembly operationally coupleable to said platform assembly, said stair assembly providing a vertical transition between said platform assembly and ground level; said platform assembly including a plurality of decking members, a first support frame assembly and a second support frame assembly; said first support assembly being selectively couplable to said second support assembly to support said plurality of decking members, said first support assembly being selectively separable from said second support assembly to facilitate storage and transport of said platform assembly; said platform assembly further comprising a trio of leg members, each one of said trio of leg member being hinged to said first support assembly, each one of said trio of leg members being telescopic to adjust an overall height of said leg member; said platform assembly further comprising a second trio of leg members, each one of said second trio of leg members being hinged to said second support assembly, each one of said second trio of leg members being telescopic to adjust an overall height of said leg member; each one of said plurality of decking members being selectively coupleable to an associated one of said first support assembly and said second support assembly; wherein said stair assembly further comprises: a stair frame assembly providing a plurality of incremental vertical supports between ground level and said platform assembly; a plurality of stair treads, each one of said stair treads being coupleable to an associated one of said plurality of incremental vertical supports; said stair frame assembly being selectively coupleable to said platform assembly to facilitate access between said platform assembly and ground level, said stair frame assembly being selectively separable from said platform assembly to facilitate storage and transportation of said access means; a railing assembly having at least one handrail portion and at least two vertical stanchions, said at least one handrail portion being positioned between said at least two vertical stanchions, each one of said at least two vertical stanchions being coupleable to said platform assembly; said first support frame assembly comprising a first tubular horizontal member having a first lateral extent, a second lateral extent, a third lateral extent, and a longitudinal extent, said longitudinal extent extending between said first lateral extent and said second lateral extent, said third lateral extent being positioned between said first lateral extent and said second lateral extent, said third lateral extent being coupled to a medial portion of said longitudinal extent, said first tubular horizontal member being substantially E-shaped; said second support frame assembly comprising a second tubular horizontal member having a fourth lateral extent, a fifth lateral extent, a sixth lateral extent, and a second longitudinal extent, said second longitudinal extent extending between said fourth lateral extent and said fifth lateral extent, said sixth lateral extent being positioned between said fourth lateral extent and said fifth lateral extent, said sixth lateral extent being coupled to a medial portion of said second longitudinal extent, said second tubular horizontal member being substantially E-shaped.