US 12,241,309 B2
Apparatus with platform and latch
Thomas W. Parker, Jamestown, PA (US); Brian Wong-Shui, Atlanta, GA (US); Devin Lee Moore, Decatur, GA (US); Christian M. Otis, New Haven, CT (US); and Erick E. Rios, New Haven, CT (US)
Assigned to Werner Co., Greenville, PA (US)
Filed by Werner Co., Greenville, PA (US)
Filed on Nov. 8, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/678,670.
Application 14/668,526 is a division of application No. 13/738,598, filed on Jan. 10, 2013, granted, now 8,997,931, issued on Nov. 8, 2016.
Application 16/678,670 is a continuation of application No. 15/341,749, filed on Nov. 2, 2016, granted, now 10,472,888.
Application 15/341,749 is a continuation of application No. 14/668,526, filed on Mar. 25, 2015, granted, now 9,488,002.
Prior Publication US 2020/0080376 A1, Mar. 12, 2020
Int. Cl. E06C 1/387 (2006.01); A47C 12/00 (2006.01); E06C 1/383 (2006.01); E06C 1/393 (2006.01)
CPC E06C 1/387 (2013.01) [A47C 12/00 (2013.01); E06C 1/383 (2013.01); E06C 1/393 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a platform;
a latch engaged with the platform; and
a leg section having a first leg and a second leg, the leg section pivotably attached to the platform,
the leg section having a first stud which extends from the first leg toward the second leg, the first stud being separate and apart and not in contact with the second leg, the latch engaged with and latched to the first stud to define an engaged position, and the latch, when pulled up from the engaged position, disengages from the first stud to allow the leg section to pivot with respect to the platform into a closed position,
wherein a boss projects outwardly from a first side wall of the platform towards the first leg, a latch pivot extends through an end of the latch and through the boss, and a coil section of a spring is positioned about the boss, the spring having a first end fixed to the side wall and a second end fixed to the latch and biasing the latch towards the engaged position,
wherein the latch has a cam portion that contacts the first stud and moves so that a hook portion of the latch bypasses the first stud until the hook portion clears the first stud.