Patent ID: 6550579
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: E06C

Abstract:
A method of assembling a step stool, the method comprising the steps ofproviding a frame including a front leg and a rear leg coupled to the front leg for pivotable movement between an opened use position and a collapsed storage position, a step coupled to the front leg for pivotable movement between a horizontal use position and a storage position, and a link including a body, a pivot coupled to the body and the step, and a connector formed to include a channel coupled to the body, and snapping the connector into engagement with the rear leg enabling movement of the rear leg from its opened use position to its closed storage position in response to movement of the step from its horizontal use position to its storage position and retaining the strut in the channel during movement of the rear leg from its opened use position to its closed storage position in response to movement of the step from its horizontal use position to its storage position.