Patent ID: 6904862

Claim:
A track member through which a ladder is attached to a deck of a water craft, said ladder being aligned on said track member in a first vertical position with a gate of a rail to permit ingress/egress between a body of water and deck and in a second vertical position adjacent to said gate, said ladder being movable on said track from said second vertical position to said first vertical position and being rotated 180° such that at least one rung on the ladder is located in the body of water, said track being characterized by a housing having an first end and a second end with a bore that extends from said first end to said second end, said housing having a linear slot that extends from said first end to said second end along a first vertical plane with respect to said bore and first and second vertical slots spaced from said first end, said housing having a radial projection that extends from the axis of said bore in a plane perpendicular to and 180° from said first and second vertical slots, said housing having an axial groove in said bore and adjacent said radial projection that extends from said first end to said second end, said radial projection having a plurality of radial openings located at intervals between said first end and said second end of said housing with at least a first opening located in a first plane a first distance from said first vertical slot toward said first end, a second opening located in a second plane a second distance substantially equal to said first distance from said second vertical slot toward said second end and a third radial opening located adjacent said second end; said housing having a first leg that extends from said bore with a first lip located in a second vertical plane that is perpendicular to a base of said radial projection to define a second linear slot that extends from said first end to said second end and a second leg that extends from said bore with a second lip located in said second vertical plane to define a third linear slot that extends from said first end to said second end, said plurality of openings being selectively available for receiving first bolt means, said first bolt means being defined by a first bolt having a head that is held by said axial groove and a shaft that extends through the radial projection and into said deck, and a nut that is secured to said shaft to urge said first and second lips and said base of said radial projection into engagement with the deck to fix said track member to said deck, said second linear slot and said third linear slot being selective available for receiving second bolt means, said second bolt means being defined by a second bolt having a head that is held by engagement with said first leg and said radial projection or by said second leg and said radial projection with a shaft that extends into said deck and a nut that is secured to said shaft to urge said first and second lips and said base of said radial projection into engagement with the deck to fix said track member to said deck.