STEPLADDER FOLDING LEG
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1. A folding leg for a stepladder, comprising:
- a pair of rail legs, each rail leg having two ends;
a pair of leg hinges, each leg hinge attached to a rail leg end on a respective rail leg; and
a moveable step pivotably attached to each rail leg, the moveable step comprising;
a pair of moveable step wings; and
a moveable step center having two ends, the moveable step center pivotably attached at each end to a respective moveable step wing;
wherein the rail legs are moveable from a position in which the rail legs are parallel to a position in which the rail legs are askew.
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Abstract
A folding leg for a stepladder is disclosed. The folding leg allows the width of the stepladder base to be narrowed when in the stored orientation and widened while in an in-use orientation.
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1. A folding leg for a stepladder, comprising:
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a pair of rail legs, each rail leg having two ends; a pair of leg hinges, each leg hinge attached to a rail leg end on a respective rail leg; and a moveable step pivotably attached to each rail leg, the moveable step comprising; a pair of moveable step wings; and a moveable step center having two ends, the moveable step center pivotably attached at each end to a respective moveable step wing; wherein the rail legs are moveable from a position in which the rail legs are parallel to a position in which the rail legs are askew. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A stepladder comprising:
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two front rails, each front rail having a top end and a bottom end; two rear rails, each rear rail pivotably connected to a respective front rail proximate the front rail top end; a step; two rail legs, each rail leg hingedly connected to a respective front rail proximate the front rail bottom end; a moveable step pivotably attached to each rail leg, the moveable step comprising; a pair of moveable step wings; and a moveable step center having two ends, the moveable step center pivotably attached at each end to a respective moveable step wing; wherein the rail legs are moveable from a position in which each rail leg is collinear to its respective front rail to a position in which each rail legs is not parallel to its respective front rail. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A stepladder comprising:
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two front rails, each front rail having a top end and a bottom end; two rear rails, each rear rail pivotably connected to a respective front rail proximate the front rail top end; a step; a pair of rail legs, each rail leg having two ends; a pair of leg hinges, each leg hinge attached to a rail leg end on a respective rail leg; and a moveable step pivotably attached to each rail leg, the moveable step comprising; a pair of moveable step wings each step wing comprising a tread surface; and a moveable step center comprising two ends and a tread surface, the moveable step center pivotably attached at each end to a respective moveable step wing; wherein the rail legs are moveable from a position in which the rail legs are parallel the front rails to a position in which the rail legs are askew and the moveable step center tread surface is parallel to the step. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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