Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Access unit
- Patent Title (中): 存取单元
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Application No.: US13635261Application Date: 2011-03-15
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Publication No.: US08839475B2Publication Date: 2014-09-23
- Inventor: Graham Corfield
- Applicant: Graham Corfield
- Applicant Address: GB Shropshire
- Assignee: Graham Corfield
- Current Assignee: Graham Corfield
- Current Assignee Address: GB Shropshire
- Agency: Alston & Bird LLP
- Priority: GB1004284.4 20100316; GB1014314.7 20100827
- International Application: PCT/GB2011/050514 WO 20110315
- International Announcement: WO2011/114147 WO 20110922
- Main IPC: B64F1/30
- IPC: B64F1/30 ; B64F1/305 ; B65G69/30 ; E01D15/127

Abstract:
A mobile access unit for allowing passengers to embark or disembark from a craft, such as an aircraft, the unit comprising: a first moveable ramp section, extending from an entry/exit end, which allows access to the loading door of the craft, to a hinged end, wherein the entry/exit end can rotate about the hinged end, between a raised position and a lowered position; a second moveable ramp section, extending from a hinged end to a ground entry/exit end, which allows access to the ground, wherein the ground entry/exit end can rotate about the hinged end, between a raised position and a lowered position; and a non-linear middle ramp section, extending from a first linking end, which links with the hinged end of the first moveable ramp section, to a second linking end, which links with the hinged end of the second moveable ramp section; wherein the first moveable ramp section, middle ramp section and second moveable ramp section can together form a continuous non-linear ramp that can extend from the craft loading door to the ground, wherein the continuous non-linear ramp includes two or more turns and wherein the sum of the angles turned by the continuous non-linear ramp over its length is 360 degrees or more.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130047352A1 ACCESS UNIT Public/Granted day:2013-02-28
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