Patent ID: 7066298

Claim:
A step for attachment to a utility pole having a thin wall section, the step comprising: a main member having a step member with a flange portion formed at a proximal end thereof, a free end at a distal end thereof, and an upwardly facing support surface for a user to stand on, between said free end and said flange portion, and a single attachment portion integral with said step member extending from a face of said flange portion and terminated in a hook extending out from the flange, in alignment with said step member, then up, which in use extends through an aperture provided in a wall of said thin walled section, and a wedge member which is adapted to slide in a transverse relation to said attachment portion and interpose between said flange and said thin walled section, and abut against a face of said flange portion when in a locking position, to be driven downward to create a compressive force between said hook and said wedge member with said thin walled section therebetween to hold said step member in place, said wedge member comprising a body formed with an enclosed slot, and having an inner face and an outer face inclined relative to each other at an angle of from 3.5 to 5 degrees, said inner face and said outer face each being formed with a concave channel of substantially the same shape in cross section along a full length thereof.