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A modular elevated walkway system elevates a person and places them in close proximity to an engine compartment to enable the person to conduct maintenance on components of the engine. The system includes a plurality of platform units. Each of the platform units is coupled to an adjacently positione

A modular elevated walkway system elevates a person and places them in close proximity to an engine compartment to enable the person to conduct maintenance on components of the engine. The system includes a plurality of platform units. Each of the platform units is coupled to an adjacently positioned one of the platform units. Each of the platform units includes a platform having a planar upper surface configured for supporting the weight of a person standing thereupon. A plurality of legs is coupled to and extends downwardly from the associated platform. The legs are configured to support the associated platform above a ground surface.

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1. A modular elevated walkway system comprising: a plurality of platform units, each of said platform units having a first lateral edge and an opposite second lateral edge and being coupled at the second lateral edge to the second later edge of an adjacently positioned one of said platform units bet

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A modular elevated walkway system comprising: a plurality of platform units, each of said platform units having a first lateral edge and an opposite second lateral edge and being coupled at the second lateral edge to the second later edge of an adjacently positioned one of said platform units between a folded position and an unfolded position, each of said platform units including;a platform having a planar upper surface configured for supporting the weight of a person standing thereupon when in the unfolded position; anda plurality of legs coupled to and extending downwardly from said associated platform, said legs being configured to support said associated platform above a ground surface when in the unfolded position;a plurality of plates, one of said plates being coupled to said upper surface of each of said platforms, each said plate having an extension portion extending outwardly from the first lateral edge beyond a perimeter edge of said associated platform; anda fastener coupled to an associated extension portion of said plate of one of said platform units, said fastener selectively engaging said extension portion of said plate on an adjacently positioned one of said platform units for securing said associated platform units together in a folded position such that said planar upper surfaces of said adjacent platform units abut each other. 2. The system of claim 1, further comprising each of said platform units abutting said adjacently positioned one of said platform units. 3. The system of claim 1, further comprising: said plurality of platform units comprising a first front platform unit, a second front platform unit and at least a first and a second side platform unit; andwherein said first front platform unit is coupled to said second front platform unit, wherein said first side platform unit is coupled to said first front platform unit, and wherein said second side platform unit is coupled to said second front platform unit. 4. The system of claim 1, further comprising: said platform units including a first front platform unit coupled to a second front platform unit; and at least one hinge coupling said first and second front platform units together for selectively pivoting said first and second front platform units between the folded position and the unfolded position. 5. The system of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of cross-bars, each of said cross-bars being coupled to and extending between associated said legs of each of said platform units. 6. The system of claim 1, further comprising each of said platform units being removably coupled to said adjacently positioned one of said platform units. 7. The system of claim 3, further comprising: each of said platform units being removably coupled to said adjacently positioned one of said platform units; anda pair of connectors, one of said connectors releasably coupling said first front platform unit to said first side platform unit, one of said connectors releasably coupling said second front platform unit to said second side platform unit. 8. The system of claim 4, further comprising said planar upper surfaces of each of said first and second front platform units abutting each other when said first and second front platform units are in the folded position. 9. A modular elevated walkway system comprising: a plurality of platform units, each of said platform units being coupled to an adjacently positioned one of said platform unit, each of said platform units abutting said adjacently positioned one of said platform units, said plurality of platform units comprising a first front platform unit, a second front platform unit and at least a first and a second side platform unit, each of the said front platform units having a first lateral edge and an opposite second lateral edge, said first front platform unit being coupled to said second front platform unit at said second lateral edges of said front platform units, said first side platform unit being coupled to said first front platform unit, said second side platform unit being coupled to said second front platform unit, each of said platform units including;a platform having a planar upper surface configured for supporting the weight of a person standing thereupon when in an unfolded postion; anda plurality of legs coupled to and extending downwardly from said associated platform, said legs being configured to support said associated platform above a ground surface when in the unfolded postion;at least one hinge coupling said second lateral edges of said first and second front platform units together for selectively pivoting said first and second front platform units between a folded position and the unfolded position, said planar upper surfaces of each of said first and second front platform units abutting each other when said first and second front platform units are in the folded position;a plurality of cross-bars, each of said cross-bars being coupled to and extending between associated said legs of each of said platform units; each of said platform units being removably coupled to said adjacently positioned one of said platform units;a pair of connectors, one of said connectors releasably coupling said first front platform unit to said first side platform unit, one of said connectors releasably coupling said second front platform unit to said second side platform unit;a plurality of plates, one of said plates being coupled to said upper surface of each of said platforms, each said plate having an extension portion extending outwardly from the first lateral edge of the platform units beyond a perimeter edge of said associated platform; anda fastener coupled to said extension portion of said plate of said second front platform unit, said fastener selectively engaging said extension portion of said plate on said platform of said first front platform unit for retaining said first and second front platform units in the folded position.