Patent ID: 7665170

Claim:
Device for making a walkway from a vessel to an object which is relatively stationary to said vessel, comprising a telescopingly extendable gangplank attached to said vessel and having a top surface and an underside, and in which near the end of said gangplank a coupling element is provided which is adapted for enclosing a pipe that is attached to the stationary object, said gangplank being provided with first drive means for rotating said gangplank relative to said vessel about a first pin and a second pin situated substantially perpendicular to said first pin, and being provided with second drive means for extending said gangplank in length, and with control means for controlling said device during coupling of said coupling element with the pipe, wherein said coupling element is arranged to enclose a substantially horizontal pipe, said coupling element is fitted below said top surface, and near said coupling element on the underside in the longitudinal direction of said gangplank said gangplank has a narrow supporting edge for supporting said gangplank on the pipe.