Patent ID: 6932020

Claim:
A device temporarily located within water adjacent to a facility, or boat, to assist in boarding the boat, comprising: a framework having a front end proximate to the boat and a back end opposite the boat; a platform as the base of said framework and hingedly connected to said framework; a step located upon said platform towards said front end; one or more floatation means symmetrically arranged upon said frame, generally opposite said platform; one or more adjusting rods coplanar and parallel to the longitudinal axis of said platform; and, hinge means linking said frame with said boat; whereby the crew of the boat deploys said device into the water for passengers to enter the water by walking upon said step and then said platform, and to depart the water by swimming to said platform, walking upon said platform, and using said step to climb into the boat, thereafter the crew retrieves said device upon the hinge means and stores the device upon the boat.