Ladder standoff and ladder incorporating the standoff
AssigneeLorad Corporation
InventorsJeffrey Schneid, Nick Cerri
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Abstract
A ladder standoff includes at least one bent plate that is configured to be detachably engaged with at least one ladder rung of a ladder by at least one connection plate that is configured to be detachably connected to the bent plate and to the ladder rung. The ladder standoff may be attached to a ladder and used to secure a ladder to a vertically-extending building wall structure at a selected distance. The length of the ladder standoff can be extended in a substantially horizontal direction in relation to the vertically extending ladder and vertically extending building wall to provide a ladder standoff with variable lengths to accommodate different distances between the ladder and the surface of the vertically extending building wall.
Claims17
A ladder standoff comprising:
- a first bent plate having a first portion for engaging a wall surface, the first portion of the first bent plate including at least one opening configured to receive a fastener to secure the first bent plate to the wall surface, and a second portion substantially perpendicular to said first portion, the second portion of the first bent plate including at least one opening configured to receive a fastener;
- a first connection plate configured to detachably couple said first bent plate to a rung of a ladder, said first connection plate including a U-shaped slot configured to engage the rung of the ladder and at least one first connection plate slot configured to receive a fastener, wherein the at least one first connection plate slot includes a slot height configured to provide vertical adjustment of said first connection plate relative to said first bent plate;
- wherein said at least one opening of said second portion of said first bent plate comprises a plurality of openings spaced along at least a portion of the length of said second portion of said first bent plate and/or wherein said at least one first connection plate slot comprises a plurality of first connection plate slots spaced along at least a portion of the length of said first connection plate;
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- a second connection plate comprising a U-shaped slot configured to engage a portion of a rung of a ladder and at least one second connection plate opening along the length of the second connection plate;
- wherein said ladder standoff is horizontally adjustable and vertically adjustable in relation to the wall surface.
A ladder comprising:
- spaced apart and substantially parallel elongated side rails;
- a plurality of vertically spaced apart ladder rungs extending horizontally between said elongated side rails;
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- at least one ladder standoff detachably connected to at least one of said ladder rungs, said ladder standoff comprising:
- a first bent plate having a first portion for engaging a wall surface, the first portion of the first bent plate including at least one opening configured to receive a fastener to secure the first bent plate to the wall surface, and a second portion substantially perpendicular to said first portion, the second portion of the first bent plate including at least one opening configured to receive a fastener;
- a first connection plate configured to detachably couple said first bent plate to a rung of a ladder, said first connection plate including a U-shaped slot configured to engage the rung of the ladder and at least one first connection plate slot configured to receive a fastener, wherein the at least one first connection plate slot includes a slot height configured to provide vertical adjustment of said first connection plate relative to said first bent plate;
- wherein said at least one opening of said second portion of said first bent plate comprises a plurality of openings spaced along at least a portion of the length of said second portion of said first bent plate and/or wherein said at least one first connection plate slot comprises a plurality of first connection plate slots spaced along at least a portion of the length of said first connection plate;
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- a second connection plate comprising a U-shaped slot configured to engage a portion of a rung of a ladder and at least one second connection plate opening along the length of the second connection plate;
- wherein said ladder standoff is horizontally adjustable and vertically adjustable in relation to the wall surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.