Patent ID: 8522922

Claim:
A vessel mounted work platform comprising: (a) a longitudinally extending support frame, said first support frame having at least a pair of longitudinally extending support beams, said support beams mounted to a deck of a vessel; (b) a longitudinally extending work platform frame, said work platform frame having at least a pair of longitudinally extending platform support beams; (c) a hinge assembly, said hinge assembly mounted to said support frame and to said work platform frame whereby said work platform frame may be pivoted onto and supported by said support frame and whereby said work platform frame may be pivoted outward from and supported solely by said support frame when said work platform frame is extended from said vessel; (d) a first diagonally slanted first termination plate mounted to said longitudinally extending support beams of said longitudinally extending support frame; and (e) a second diagonally slanted termination plate mounted to said longitudinally extending support beams of said work platform frame, said second diagonally slanted termination plate corresponding with said first slanted termination plate of said support frame, whereby said second diagonally slated termination plate of said work platform frame is cantilevered from and supported upon said first diagonally slanted first termination plate when said work platform frame is pivoted to extend outward from the end of said support frame.