Patent ID: 6886661

Claim:
A ladder apparatus for providing access to an area over an elevated structure, comprising: (a) a housing secured to the elevated structure wherein the housing includes a housing mechanism having a proximal end, a distal end, opposing sides, and a central opening disposed between the proximal end, the distal end, and the opposing sides; (b) a ladder pivotally mounted to the housing mechanism, the ladder including a first ladder section and at least one additional ladder section mounted to the first ladder section; (c) first motorized deploying means for pivotally displacing the ladder to and from a stored configuration and a partially deployed configuration; (d) second motorized deploying means for longitudinally displacing the at least one additional ladder section to and from a partially deployed configuration and a fully deployed configuration; (e) control means for controlling the first and second motorized deploying means; and (f) a power source providing electrical energy to the first and second motorized deploying means and to the control means.