Patent ID: 7168722

Claim:
A pull-out step assembly adapted for attachment to a frame of a cargo box vehicle, the step assembly comprising: a first U-shaped section including a pair of linear telescoping leg members, each leg member secured at a first end to the vehicle frame and adapted for horizontal extension, a transverse top step member having a horizontal, planar top side and opposed ends, the horizontal top step member rigidly secured to a second end of each telescoping leg member; and a second U-shaped section including a pair of linear rigid leg members, each leg member pivotally attached at a first end to one opposed end of the traverse top step member and each leg member pivotally attached at a second end to one opposed end of a transverse bottom step member, with at least one first stop member secured to an opposed end of the top step member to limit pivoting of the first end of each rigid leg member there around, and at least one second stop member secured to an opposed end of the bottom step member to limit pivoting of the second end of each rigid leg member there around, the bottom step member having a horizontal, planar top side and opposed ends; the second U-shaped section pivotable through at least about 210 degrees from a storage position with the bottom step member resting atop the telescoping leg members to a deployed position with the bottom step member extending below the top step member and the planar top sides of the step members mutually parallel.