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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2007
Applicant:
Thomas G. Dewees, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Inventor:
Thomas G. Dewees, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device is added to or built into a subject large vehicle, such as a large motorhome. The device provides for the driver's use either one or two retracting steps to facilitate the driver's entrance into or exit from the subject vehicle. Since these steps retract for travel, they are able to extend far enough beyond the side of the subject vehicle to allow the driver's weight to be directly above each step in stair step fashion rather than vertical ladder fashion. The device makes motorhome driver's side doors safer and more usable for less athletic people and the elderly.