Patent ID: 8794159

Claim:
A deformable assembly ( 12 ) for attachment to an end ( 14 ) of either a first platform or a first plate ( 9 ) on a wheeled base ( 3 ) in a free space ( 11 ) separating the first plate ( 9 ) from another opposing plate ( 10 ) on an adjacent wheeled base in order to form an intercommunicating gangway ( 1 ) between the first plate ( 9 ) and the opposing plate ( 10 ), the deformable assembly comprises an assembly of flexible metal leaves ( 16 ), each comprising a central portion ( 19 ) extending on each side into a lateral arm ( 20 ); the leaves ( 16 ) standing on edges and being juxtaposed against one another in a stack and being attached at their central portion ( 19 ) to the end ( 14 ) of the first plate ( 9 ), with the lateral arms ( 20 ) remaining elastically deformable; a terminal leaf ( 23 ) corresponding to the leaf ( 16 ) farthest from the end ( 14 ) of the first plate ( 9 ); and the deformable assembly is independent of the opposing plate ( 10 ).