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A handrail assembly for use on a marine vessel, travel trailer, motor home or other recreational vehicle is pivotally mounted to the side thereof to effect easy adjustment of the handrail between an extended, operative position facilitating access to the vehicle or vessel and a collapsed, storage po

A handrail assembly for use on a marine vessel, travel trailer, motor home or other recreational vehicle is pivotally mounted to the side thereof to effect easy adjustment of the handrail between an extended, operative position facilitating access to the vehicle or vessel and a collapsed, storage position avoiding interference during the travel thereof. The handrail includes an elongated rod adjustably mounted to a pair of brackets which permit the swinging collapse of the handrail against the vehicle and also facilitates an effective, easily achieved locking of the handrail in the desired operative and collapsed positions.

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A handrail for use on vehicles, said handrail comprising: a generally U-shaped rail having upper and lower end segments; means for swingably attaching said rail at said upper and lower end segments to the side of said vehicle adjacent an entry-exit point; first means for retaining said rail in a fir

A handrail for use on vehicles, said handrail comprising: a generally U-shaped rail having upper and lower end segments; means for swingably attaching said rail at said upper and lower end segments to the side of said vehicle adjacent an entry-exit point; first means for retaining said rail in a first, operative position which is generally perpendicular to the side of said vehicle so that said rail may be grasped by the user to facilitate entry and exit; second means for retaining said rail in a second, collapsed, storage position generally parallel to the side of said vehicle to avoid interference in situations such as during travel of said vehicle; means for enabling said rail to be selectively swingably shifted into said first operative position or said second storage position, permitting said rail to be swung into and retained at said first position or into and retained at said second position; said first means for retaining said rail in said first, operative position comprising brackets, each of said brackets having a vertical gap, said upper and lower end segments of said rail fitting into said gaps to prevent any substantial inadvertent pivoting of said rail when in its first, operative position; said rail being movable between said first, operative position and said second, storage position by vertically lifting said rail out of said gaps and swinging it horizontally about a substantially vertical pivot axis; said brackets comprising substantially identical upper and lower brackets, said gap of said upper bracket receiving a portion of said upper end segment and said gap of said lower bracket receiving a portion of said lower end segment when said rail is placed into said operative position, an upper bracket recess receiving a portion of said upper end segment and a lower bracket recess receiving a portion of said lower end segment when said rail is placed into said collapsed position; each of said upper and lower brackets including a generally horizontally extending flange positioned within said gap upon which said upper and lower end segments rest when said rail is in said operative position.