Patent ID: 8499889

Claim:
A method of providing a work platform for carrying heavy loads while accessing an irregularly shaped large object comprising the steps of: providing the work platform having a fixed platform with a front side and a back side opposite thereto, said fixed platform comprising a first stringer along said front side with defined openings therein, a second stringer along said back side, a multiplicity of I-beam guides spanning between said first stringer and said second stringer, an adjustable platform extendable from said fixed platform having a slider received by adjacent I-beam guides and disposed to reversibly extend through one of said openings, said adjustable platform further comprising, a toothed member that reversibly engages with said first stringer thereby restricting sliding of said slider; a back plate attached to said slider, to limit the length of extension of said slider through said one of said openings; moving a large object to within a predetermined separation distance of said work platform; extending said adjustable platform from said fixed platform, thereby minimizing said separation distance; and applying a lateral pressure to said toothed member to engage and disengage said toothed member from said first stringer.