Patent ID: 9145091
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: B60R,E02F,E06C

Abstract:
1. An earthmoving equipment access system configured and arranged to allow a person to move from ground level to an elevated position, said access system comprising: a pivot; a retraction mechanism; and an access apparatus configured and arranged to support the person, the apparatus having an upper end adjacent the pivot and an opposed lower end, the access apparatus being mounted to the earthmoving equipment by the pivot, said pivot having an axis at a compound angle with respect to the earthmoving equipment and the access apparatus, the pivot axis being inclined with respect to horizontal and vertical relative to the earthmoving equipment, and the pivot axis being angled towards a front or toward a rear of the earthmoving equipment, retraction movement of the access apparatus being effected by the retraction mechanism and directed by the pivot such that during retraction of the access apparatus the lower end of the access apparatus is rotated inward and upward toward the earthmoving equipment, via the retraction mechanism from an outward deployed position of the access apparatus with respect to the earthmoving equipment to a retracted position in line with and adjacent the earthmoving equipment, the lower end of the access apparatus being at a furthest point away from the earthmoving equipment when in the outward deployed position.