Patent ID: 8246063

Claim:
A rapid deployment assembly comprising a frame assembly having opposed first and second substantially identical brackets, each of said substantially identical brackets having a respective flat back surface and a respective front surface having a respective pair of spaced apart rounded projections wherein, said flat back surfaces are coplanar, said rapid deployment assembly further having a first reception member having a flat back surface, and wherein said first reception member is disposed between said first and second substantially identical brackets and has a first axial through hole; a second reception member having a flat back surface and wherein said second reception member is disposed between said first reception member and said second substantially identical bracket and has a second axial through hole which is aligned with said first axial through hole, wherein said frame assembly further comprising a first triangularly shaped member which is disposed between said pair of spaced apart end rounded projections of said first substantially identical bracket, and a second triangular shaped member which is disposed between said pair of spaced apart and rounded projections of said second substantially identical bracket; and a rod which traverses said first and second triangularly shaped members, said pair of spaced apart rounded projections of said first bracket, said pair of spaced apart rounded projections of said second bracket, and said first and second reception members, thereby allowing said first and second triangularly shaped members to selectively rotate about said rod, and wherein said frame assembly further comprises an upwardly biasing torsional spring which receives said rod, and wherein said rapid deployment assembly further comprises a step assembly which is coupled between said first and second triangularly shaped members and which is selectively movable from a fully extended position away from said rod to a fully retracted position in which said step assembly collapses and is selectively rotated about said rod in a clockwise direction with the aid of said torsional spring such that said collapsed steps lie in a plane which is parallel to both of said flat back surfaces of said first and second substantially identical brackets.