Patent ID: 7469915

Claim:
An access assembly in combination with a planting implement having a first storage tank adjacent to a second storage tank mounted on a wheeled frame assembly for movement in a direction of travel, each storage tank including an access cover, comprising: a ramp having a forward end opposite a rearward end aligned in a fore-and-aft direction relative to the direction of travel of the implement, the forward end of the ramp pivotally attached about a first horizontal axis relative to the wheeled frame assembly; a slide mechanism having first and second generally parallel guide bars and a slide bar extending between and transverse to the guide bars, the guide bars including elongated slots therein and the slide bar being slidably coupled to the ramp; a ladder defined by first and second side supports including upper ends, the first and second side supports having elongated slots therein adjacent the upper ends; and first and second pivots, the first pivot extending through the slot in first guide bar of the slide mechanism and the slot in the first side support of the ladder and the second pivot extending through the slot in the second guide bar of the slide mechanism and the slot in the second side support of the ladder so as to pivotally couple the guide bars of the slide mechanism to the ladder about a second horizontal axis, wherein the ladder, the slide mechanism and the ramp pivot together about the first horizontal axis at the forward end of the ramp between a raised and a lowered position.