Floatable ladder device

Claim 2

An improved floatable ladder arrangement for mounting on a boat, and comprising, in combination: a unitarily fabricated, rigid, body having a front surface, a back surface substantially coextensive with said front surface, and a peripheral edge defining the boundaries of said front and back surface; said front and back surface defining a preselected geometric surface, having a center line, and free of sharp edge portions; said peripheral edge having a preselected width and defining a smooth transition with said front and back surface thereby enclosing a hollow space; a plurality of first walls mounted between said front and back surface at preselected locations near the upper and lower, right and left edges of said geometric surface defining a plurality of tie point orifices remote from said center line of said body; said first walls having substantially the same width as said peripheral edge and defining a smooth transition with said front and back surface; a second wall mounted between said front and back surface substantially in the center portion of said geometric surface defining a step orifice of a preselected size; said second wall having substantially the same width as said peripheral edge and defining a smooth transition with said front and back surface; and, a plurality of ties mounted through said tie points of adjacent bodies to form a plurality of connected bodies in a predetermined, latterly stable, configuration whereby a user may tie one end of said configuration to the boat and hang the other end of said configuration over the side of the boat thereby providing a pathway for ingress/egress from the boat to the water.

Claim 3

An improved floatable ladder arrangement defined in claim 1 wherein said body is air tight.

Claim 4

An improved floatable ladder arrangement defined in claim 1 further comprising: closed cell foam mounted within said body to fill the hollow space between said front side and said back side.

Claim 5

An improved floatable ladder arrangement defined in claim 1 wherein said geometric surface is a square.

Claim 6

An improved floatable ladder arrangement defined in claim 1 wherein said geometric surface is a rectangle.

Claim 7

An improved floatable ladder arrangement defined in claim 1 further comprising: a preselected color tint added to the material used to unitarily fabricate said rigid body.

Claim 8

An improved floatable ladder arrangement for mounting on a boat, and comprising, in combination: a unitarily fabricated, rigid, body having a front surface, a back surface substantially coextensive with said front surface, and a peripheral edge defining the boundaries of said front and back surface; said front and back surface defining a preselected geometric surface, having a center line, and free of sharp edge portions; said peripheral edge having a preselected width and defining a smooth transition with said front and back surface thereby enclosing a hollow space; a plurality of first walls mounted between said front and back surface at preselected locations near the upper and lower, right and left edges of said geometric surface defining a plurality of tie point orifices remote from said center line of said body; said first walls having substantially the same width as said peripheral edge and defining a smooth transition with said front and back surface; a second wall mounted between said front and back surface substantially in the center portion of said geometric surface defining a step orifice of a preselected size; said second wall having substantially the same width as said peripheral edge and defining a smooth transition with said front and back surface; a plurality of ties mounted through said tie points of adjacent bodies to form a plurality of connected bodies in a predetermined, latterly stable, configuration whereby a user may tie one end of said configuration to the boat and hang the other end of said configuration over the side of the boat thereby providing a pathway for ingress/egress from the boat to the water; and, a molded clamp mounted on each end of each of said plurality of ties to whip each bitter end.

Claim 9

An improved floatable ladder arrangement for mounting on a boat, and comprising, in combination: a unitarily fabricated, rigid, body having a front surface, a back surface substantially coextensive with said front surface, and a peripheral edge defining the boundaries of said front and back surface; said front and back surface defining a preselected geometric surface, having a center line, and free of sharp edge portions; said peripheral edge having a preselected width and defining a smooth transition with said front and back surface thereby enclosing a hollow space; a plurality of first walls mounted between said front and back surface at preselected locations near the upper and lower, right and left edges of said geometric surface defining a plurality of tie point orifices remote from said center line of said body; said first walls having substantially the same width as said peripheral edge and defining a smooth transition with said front and back surface; a second wall mounted between said front and back surface substantially in the center portion of said geometric surface defining a step orifice of a preselected size; said second wall having substantially the same width as said peripheral edge and defining a smooth transition with said front and back surface; a plurality of ties mounted through said tie points of adjacent bodies to form a plurality of connected bodies in a predetermined, latterly stable, configuration whereby a user may tie one end of said configuration to the boat and hang the other end of said configuration over the side of the boat thereby providing a pathway for ingress/egress from the boat to the water; and, a molded clamp mounted on each end of each of said plurality of ties to whip each bitter end.

Claim 10

An improved floatable ladder arrangement for mounting on a boat, and comprising, in combination: a unitarily fabricated, rigid, body having a front surface, a back surface substantially coextensive with said front surface, and a peripheral edge defining the boundaries of said front and back surface; said front and back surface defining a preselected geometric surface, having a center line, and free of sharp edge portions; said peripheral edge having a preselected width and defining a smooth transition with said front and back surface thereby enclosing a hollow space; a plurality of first walls mounted between said front and back surface at preselected locations near the upper and lower, right and left edges of said geometric surface defining a plurality of tie point orifices remote from said center line of said body; said first walls having substantially the same width as said peripheral edge and defining a smooth transition with said front and back surface; a second wall mounted between said front and back surface substantially in the center portion of said geometric surface defining a step orifice of a preselected size; said second wall having substantially the same width as said peripheral edge and defining a smooth transition with said front and back surface; a plurality of ties mounted through said tie points of adjacent bodies to form a plurality of connected bodies in a predetermined, latterly stable, configuration whereby a user may tie one end of said configuration to the boat and hang the other end of said configuration over the side of the boat thereby providing a pathway for ingress/egress from the boat to the water; and, a molded clamp mounted on each end of each of said plurality of ties to whip each bitter end wherein said molded clamp contains a conical surface tapering from said bitter end towards the center of said tie.

Claim 11

An improved floatable ladder arrangement for mounting on a boat, and comprising, in combination: a unitarily fabricated, rigid, body having a front surface, a back surface substantially coextensive with said front surface, and a peripheral edge defining the boundaries of said front and back surface; said front and back surface defining a preselected geometric surface, having a center line, and free of sharp edge portions; said peripheral edge having a preselected width and defining a smooth transition with said front and back surface thereby enclosing a hollow space; a plurality of first walls mounted between said front and back surface at preselected locations near the upper and lower, right and left edges of said geometric surface defining a plurality of tie point orifices remote from said center line of said body; said first walls having substantially the same width as said peripheral edge and defining a smooth transition with said front and back surface; a second wall mounted between said front and back surface substantially in the center portion of said geometric surface defining a step orifice of a preselected size; said second wall having substantially the same width as said peripheral edge and defining a smooth transition with said front and back surface; a plurality of ties mounted through said tie points of adjacent bodies to form a plurality of connected bodies in a predetermined, latterly stable, configuration whereby a user may tie one end of said configuration to the boat and hang the other end of said configuration over the side of the boat thereby providing a pathway for ingress/egress from the boat to the water; and, a molded clamp mounted on each end of each of said plurality of ties to whip each bitter end wherein said molded clamp contains a conical surface tapering from said bitter end towards the center of said tie.