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Country	kind	publication No.	Filing Date	Type	Sub-Type
EP	B1	EP2871300	Nov 06, 2013	Patent	Grant
Type : Patent Sub-Type : Grant
Patent		Automatic foldable ladder		Jun 12, 2019

• 15 United States
• 10 France
• 8 Japan
• 7 China
• 5 Korea
• 2 Other

Patent Owner(s)

Patent Owner	Address
LOFTEASE ATTIC STAIRS LIMITED	CO GALWAY

International Classification(s)

• E06C:LADDERS
• E04F:FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS

• 2014 Application Filing Year
• E06C Class
• 99 Applications Filed
• 89 Patents Issued To-Date
• 89.90 % Issued To-Date

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name	Address	# of filed Patents	Total Citations
Canney, Sean	Co. Galway, IE	1	1
# of filed Patents : 1 Total Citations : 1
Gunning, Philip	Co. Galway, IE	9	18
# of filed Patents : 9 Total Citations : 18
Morrow, Peter	Co. Galway, IE	1	1
# of filed Patents : 1 Total Citations : 1

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• 1 Citation Count
• E06C Class

• 25.27 % this patent is cited more than
• 9 Age

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11.5 Year Payment	$7400.00	$3700.00	$1850.00	Mar 20, 2028

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DATE PUBLISHED	PUBLICATION/PATENT NO.	PUBLICATION TYPE
September 20, 2016	US,9447637,B2   US9447637B2	GRANTED PATENT AS SECOND PUBLICATION
May 07, 2015	US,20150122580,A1   US20150122580A1	FIRST PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATION

Full Text

US Patent No: 9447637

Automatic foldable ladder

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Abstract

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A foldable ladder for providing access to an opening including: a first motorized drive mechanism for moving a cover for the opening between a closed position and an open position; a second motorized drive mechanism coupled to a plurality of foldable ladder portions for moving the ladder portions between a folded configuration and an unfolded configuration; such that, in moving the cover between the closed and an open position, the first motorized drive mechanism triggers the second motorized drive mechanism to move the ladder portions between the folded configuration and unfolded configuration.

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