US 12,269,426 B2
Transportable personal elevation device for vehicle, climbing assist kit, and methods of using same
Walter Peter Demonte, Maidstone (CA)
Assigned to Walter Peter DeMonte, Maidstone (CA)
Filed by Walter Peter Demonte, Maidstone (CA)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/860,557.
Application 17/860,557 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/370,583, filed on Jul. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,794,656.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/049,669, filed on Jul. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0079517 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 3/02 (2006.01); B60P 1/44 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 3/02 (2013.01) [B60P 1/4414 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transportable personal elevation device for attaching to a movable substrate which is a vehicle or trailer bed, said elevation device comprising:
a platform assembly including a platform and a platform support member supporting the platform thereon, the platform support member comprising:
a support frame;
a vertically oriented platform support shaft attached to the support frame and being selectively vertically movable in relation to the support frame;
an electrically powered height-adjustment mechanism for selectively raising or lowering the support frame; and
a connector assembly for operatively connecting the platform assembly to the substrate, the connector assembly comprising a pivot pin and a mounting structure;
wherein the connector assembly is configured and arranged such that when the personal elevation device is attached to the substrate, the personal elevation device can be pivotally moved about the pivot pin between a storage position and an outwardly extending position.