Ladder dock
OwnerCharles J. MacKarvichinventor
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Abstract
A ladder dock includes a planar mounting panel defining an upper surface and a lower surface, the lower surface of the mounting panel configured to contact and be secured to a surface of an elevated structure; and a planar connecting panel defining an upper surface and a lower surface, the connecting panel extending from the mounting panel and angled upward with respect to the mounting panel by a bend angle, the connecting panel defining a first notch and a second notch, a portion of the connecting panel positioned between the first notch and the second notch, each of the first notch and the second notch extending in a direction away from the mounting panel, the first notch and the second notch sized to receive and fix a position of a ladder relative to the ladder dock.
Claims15
A ladder dock for fixing a position of a ladder, the ladder dock comprising:
- a mounting panel defining an upper surface and a lower surface, the lower surface of the mounting panel configured to contact a horizontal surface of an elevated structure;
- a ladder rest panel connected to and angled with respect to the mounting panel, the ladder rest panel angled relative to vertical and connected to the mounting panel at a first bend line;
- a first stop panel connected to the mounting panel, the first stop panel extending in a vertical direction downward from a top end of the ladder rest panel and configured to engage a vertical surface of an elevated structure, the first stop panel defined as a cutout portion of the ladder rest panel, the first stop panel connected to the mounting panel at a second bend line, the first bend line being in line with the second bend line;
- a second stop panel connected to the ladder rest panel at a bottom end of the ladder rest panel, the second stop panel defining an inner edge configured to engage the vertical surface of the elevated structure;
- a first ear connected to the ladder rest panel and extending in a direction away from the mounting panel;
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- a second ear arranged opposite the first ear and extending in a direction away from the mounting panel;
- wherein the ladder rest panel, the first ear, and the second ear together define a ladder notch, the ladder notch configured to receive a portion of the ladder, the first ear and the second ear configured to prevent lateral movement of the ladder positioned against the ladder rest panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.