Otis Elevator Company

Thomas R Charney

Craig A Buckley

Richard S Blakelock

Troy R Chicoine

Douglas B LeBrecque

A device () useful for working on an escalator () provides a tread surface () that is obliquely oriented relative to an incline (I) of the escalator () during a maintenance or repair procedure. A disclosed example is useful for spanning at least a portion of an escalator () where the normal operating steps () have been removed for purposes of working on the escalator (). A disclosed example includes a tread surface (), a riser portion () that is at least partially generally perpendicular to the tread surface (), a first axle hook () and a second axle hook (). The axle hooks rest upon spaced axles () associated with the escalator for positioning a temporary step () as desired for facilitating working on the escalator.

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Bolton, CT, United States of America

Thomas R Charney