Patent ID: 8015647

Claim:
An apparatus for providing safe access to a top of a mobile container, said mobile container having a top, a longitudinal dimension, and a plurality of hatches arrayed along said longitudinal dimension on said top, said apparatus comprising: a raised platform; a pair of braces carried by said platform and extending away from said platform in opposite directions from one another and parallel to said longitudinal dimension of said mobile container; a gangway having a first end and an opposing second end, said first end of said gangway rotatably attached to said platform, said gangway extending laterally outward from said platform, said gangway rotatable in a vertical plane from a downward position to a substantially vertical upward position; an extended cage attached to said second end of said gangway with an access opening at said second end of said gangway, said cage dimensioned to encompass all of said plurality of hatches simultaneously, said cage rotatable on said second end of said gangway so that said cage remains horizontal when said gangway is in said horizontal position and when said gangway is in said vertical position; a pair of lifting arms rotatably attached to said pair of braces and said cage and urging said cage upward.