Patent ID: 6983823

Claim:
A combination boarding ladder and slide for coupling with a boat buoyantly supported by a body of water, comprising: (a) a slide having an upper end with means for pivotally coupling the upper end to the boat, a lower end, said slide having a pair of walls and a bed therebetween forming a channel, the lower end of said slide being positioned to contact the body of water; (b) a boarding ladder removably supported on said slide bed; (c) an elongated ramp having an upper end and a lower end; (d) said ramp upper end coupled with said slide lower end; (e) said ramp including a plurality of generally parallel spaced apart rungs; (f) said boarding ladder having a web intercoupling a series of generally parallel spaced apart rungs; (g) a support coupled with said slide for supporting said slide at a preselected angle of inclination to enable a person to slide thereon in the absence of said boarding ladder; and including (h) a float coupled with said slide lower end, a stand-off brace coupled to the underside of the slide to prevent rotation of said slide lower end towards the boat.