Automated step device and methods of making and using

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10400510
APP PUB NO 20190169930A1
SERIAL NO

15829722

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An automated step includes a carriage moveable between a retracted position and a deployed position; a jack disposed on the carriage; a platform disposed on the jack; rotatable legs coupled to the platform and rotatable between a stowed position and an extended position; and a controller coupled to the carriage, the jack, and the legs. The controller, when activated to deploy the automated step, directs the carriage to extend, directs the jack to raise the platform, and directs the legs to rotate to the extended position and, when activated to retract the automated step, directs the legs to rotate to the stowed position, directs the jack to lower the platform, and directs the carriage to retract. The jack and legs both support the platform when a user stands on the automated step.

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NIEMIEC KENNETH ROBERT14881 NW GOESKE LANE SEABECK WA 98380
KNIGHT TRACY19053 NW HITE CENTER ROAD P O BOX 609 SEABECK WA 98380

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Niemiec, Kenneth Robert Seabeck, US 2 10

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