Patent ID: 6209682
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: B60R,E02F

Abstract:
A ladder assembly providing access to, and egress from, an operator station of a track-type tractor having an earthmoving implement mounted on a front portion of the tractor, a push arm attached to said implement, a tilt cylinder extending between said push arm and said implement, and a radiator guard having a side panel disposed on said tractor at a position elevationally above said tilt cylinder and said push arm, said ladder assembly comprising:a ladder support structure having an elongated box portion with an open first end and a closed second end, said ladder support structure being pivotally attached to said side panel of the radiator guard at said second end of the ladder support structure; anda ladder having a plurality of steps disposed between spaced apart first and second ends of the ladder, said ladder being movable between a first position at which the ladder is disposed within the elongated box portion of the ladder support structure and a second position at which the first end of the ladder is pivotally connected to the first end of the ladder support structure and the second end of the ladder is disposed at a position readily accessible from a ground surface on which the tractor is supported.