Ladder assembly for a boat

Abstract

A stowable ladder assembly adapted to be positioned at a ladder stowing region of a boat. There is a main ladder section having an upper ladder pivot connecting location which connects to a rear pivot location of a connecting section that has a forward pivot connection to an upper surface of a platform. In the operating position, the upper pivot connection of the ladder is at an upper location and the ladder extends downwardly into the water. Then in the stowed position, the ladder is positioned on the upper stowage surface and the connecting section has been rotated upwardly and forwardly to the stowed position.

1 . A stowable ladder assembly adapted to be positioned at a ladder stowing region of a boat, said ladder stowing region having an upwardly facing stowing surface portion having a forward stowage surface portion, an intermediate stowing surface portion and a rear stowing surface portion, having a rearwardly facing rear edge portion, said ladder assembly comprising:
 a. a main ladder section having an alignment axis, an upper ladder portion with an upper ladder pivot connecting location, a lower ladder portion and an intermediate ladder portion, said ladder section having an operating position where the upper ladder pivot connecting location is positioned rearwardly of the rearwardly facing rear edge portion of the ladder stowing region and the lower portion is at a lower location;   b. a platform pivot connecting section connected to the upwardly facing storage region and having a platform pivot connecting location which is located forwardly of said rear edge portion of the ladder stowing region at a stowage distance from said rear edge portion to said platform pivot connecting location;   c. an interconnecting section comprising a linking component having a forward pivot linking connecting end portion connecting to said platform at said platform pivot connecting location and a rear pivot linking connecting end portion connecting to said upper ladder pivot connecting location;   d. said ladder section, said platform pivot connecting section, and said interconnecting section being arranged in a manner that with the ladder section in its operating position, said linking component is positioned to be extending rearwardly from said platform pivot connecting location, and said rear pivot linking connecting end portion is positioned relative to the rear edge of the stowing surface portion so that the ladder section is able to extend downwardly in its operating position and the linking component and the ladder section are able to rotate from the operating position to a stowed position with the ladder section extending forwardly from the platform pivot connection location;   e. said ladder section and said interconnecting section being arranged with a rotation limit mechanism in a manner that with the ladder section in its downwardly extending operating position with said linking component extending rearwardly from said platform pivot connecting location over said stowing surface portion, said ladder section could be rotated upwardly from its downwardly extending operating position toward its stowed position and the ladder section is prevented from rotating forwardly from its operating position.