Patent ID: 7090049
Filing Date: 2006-08-15
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
1. An aquatic ladder, comprising: (a) a pair of substantially parallel, substantially vertical spaced support members, each of said pair of substantially parallel, substantially vertical spaced support members extending upward to a hand rail which is formed as an inverted “U” shape, a pair of hinged brackets attached to the distal end of each said hand rail; (b) a pair of spaced sloped step support members, the upper ends of said spaced sloped step support members being affixed, respectively, to the upper ends of said vertical spaced support members, the lower ends of said sloped step support members being spaced away from the lower ends of said pair of substantially vertical spaced support members, said spaced sloped step support members being spaced from one another; (c) at least one relatively deep, and relatively wide substantially horizontal step being mounted between said pair of sloped step support members, whereby each said horizontal step is displaced both vertically and horizontally further from the point where said substantially vertical spaced support members meet said sloped step support members than any said horizontal step above it; and (d) a pair of substantially parallel, substantially horizontal spaced supports each connecting a respective lower portion of each of said pair of vertical spaced support members to respective ones of said lower ends of said sloped step support members, wherein said pair of spaced sloped step support members each comprise a front member and a rear member, said front members being attached to the front of said at least one horizontal step and said rear member being attached to the rear of said at least one horizontal step whereby said ladder can be hingedly attached to an object, whereby it can be swung upward and out of the water.