Patent ID: 8484786

Claim:
A ramp for a movable passenger bridge for embarking and disembarking passengers to and from a ship, which passenger bridge comprises a number of movable sections ( 2 , 3 , 4 ) of the passenger bridge, arranged to be adapted to an opening in the hull of a ship, which sections are arranged so that passengers can walk from one section into an adjacent section and to a finishing section ( 15 ) arranged to be connected to an opening in the hull of the ship, wherein said ramp is arranged at the finishing section and projects from the finishing section into the ship when docked with the ship, wherein the ramp ( 16 , 17 ) comprises two or more parallel footpaths for passengers, and each footpath comprises a plate ( 20 , 21 ) which is foldable so that the footpath can be folded out and folded up, wherein each plate ( 20 , 21 ) is essentially horizontal in a folded-out state and essentially vertical in a folded-up state, each plate ( 20 , 21 ) is arranged to be folded up about a joint ( 28 ) arranged perpendicularly to a longitudinal direction of the plates, when a plate is folded up, a free end ( 29 ) of the plate is arranged to move horizontally while the said joint moves upwards so that each plate in the folded-up state forms a wall for blocking of the footpath in question, and each plate ( 20 , 21 ) is individually maneuverable between the folded-up state and the folded-out state, wherein the ramp ( 16 , 17 ) further comprises an inner telescopable section ( 34 ), which is telescopable relative to an outer part ( 35 ) of the finishing section ( 15 ), and the plates ( 20 , 21 ) are fastened to an outer end of the inner telescopable section ( 34 ), and wherein screen walls ( 24 , 25 ; 26 , 27 ) or fences are fastened to the longitudinal sides of each plate ( 20 , 21 ), which screen walls or fences are fastened perpendicularly to planes of the plates.