Patent ID: 7188383

Claim:
An aircraft engagement assembly comprising: a frame, said frame defining a main floor and a support structure for said main floor, said main floor defining an elongate slot therein dimensioned to permit the passage there through of a vertically rotating door of an aircraft parked adjacent said main floor, said aircraft door being pivoted to rotate about a horizontal axis; a first floor panel having a first end, said first floor panel being positioned within said slot and pivotedly secured at said first end to said main floor for vertical pivoted movement about said first end and substantially out of said slot, sufficient to permit the passage through said slot of said aircraft door, said first floor panel defining a first floor surface; and a length extendible second floor panel, secured to said first floor panel, said second floor panel being arranged for reciprocal displacement away from and toward said first floor panel in a direction perpendicular to a generally horizontal rotational axis of said first floor panel wherein said first floor panel and said second floor panel are rotatable about said first end into a position to form a passageway into said aircraft.