Coordinated stage system with articulate means

Claim 1

A coordinated stage system for supporting a person thereon comprising: (a) first and second longitudinal stages, each of said first and second stages having: (i) a pair of diametrically opposed longitudinal side rails, and (ii) a deck supported by said pair of diametrically opposed longitudinal side rails, (b) articulate means for pivotally joining said first and second stages in line and in series about a common axis perpendicular to said pair of diametrically opposed longitudinal rails of said first and second stages, (c) said articulate means includes (i) a first rung in said first stage coaxially disposed in said common axis of said articulate means, (ii) said first rung being fixed between said pair of diametrically opposed longitudinal side rails at one end of said first stage, (iii) extension bracket means fixed to said second stage and extending therefrom in cooperative relationship with said first rung of said first stage for pivotally coaxially coupling said second stage to said first stage; (iv) said extension bracket means includes a pair of cradle support members positioned in cradling cooperative relationship to said first rung of said first stage for said pivotal movement of said first and second stages about said common axis, and (v) said pair of cradle support members include a locking means disposed above said common axis and above said first rung of said first stage when said first rung of said first stage is cradled within said pair of said cradle support members for pivotally locking said first rung of said first stage to said pair of said cradle support members so that said locking means and said rung of said first stage are visible to said person on said coordinated stage system.