Patent ID: 7832525

Claim:
A servicing station for a flatbed, comprising: an elongated elevated workers platform having a horizontally disposed longitudinal deck with first and second longitudinally opposite ends, a central part and laterally opposite sides, one of said sides being adapted for positioning in juxtaposed relation to said flatbed, a plurality of longitudinally spaced support structures secured to and extending downwardly from said deck to lower ends, wheels on said lower ends of said support structures facilitating lateral movement of said platform, and an access stairway secured to said first longitudinal end of said deck, a horizontal running surface support for said wheels, a stationary actuator support beneath said central part of said deck, a powered extensible and contractible linear actuator interconnected between said actuator support and said central part, said actuator being operative to move said platform laterally, and a control system for said actuator for selectively effecting linear extension and contraction of said actuator, and a pair of parallel guide rails secured and extending laterally across the underside of said deck and rollers rotatably mounted on said actuator support in guiding relation to said guide rails.