Universal ladder strap system
OwnerSalvatore Domenico Di Piazzainventor
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Abstract
A device for safely, efficiently, and easily securing a ladder to a ladder rack frame on a vehicle may include a mounting body configured to removably secure to the ladder rack frame; and a spring-loaded latch rod slidably and rotatably engaged with the mounting body such that the latch rod is configured to slide from a first, relaxed position to a second, extended position. The spring-loaded latch rod may include a guide leg with a proximal end and a distal end and a leg hold extending substantially perpendicularly from the proximal end of the guide leg, wherein a distal end of the leg hold has a hooked end, such that, when the latch rod is in its first, relaxed position, the leg hold is configured to securely hold the ladder against the ladder rack frame.
Claims10
A device for safely, efficiently, and easily securing a ladder to a ladder rack frame on a vehicle, the device comprising:
- a mounting body configured to removably secure to the ladder rack frame, wherein the mounting body is a solid member with a latch rod channel extending therethrough;
- a cap blocking and closing off a bottom end of the latch rod channel;
- and a spring-loaded latch rod slidably and rotatably engaged with the mounting body such that the latch rod is configured to slide from a first, relaxed position to a second, extended position, the spring-loaded latch rod comprising:
- a guide leg with a proximal end and a distal end;
- and a leg hold extending substantially perpendicularly from the proximal end of the guide leg, wherein a distal end of the leg hold comprises a hooked end, such that, when the latch rod is in its first, relaxed position, the leg hold is configured to hold the ladder against the ladder rack frame;
- and a clamp removably engaged with the mounting bracket, wherein:
- the mounting bracket and the clamp together define an orifice sized to accommodate positioning of the ladder rack frame therein.
A device for safely, efficiently, and easily securing a ladder to a ladder rack frame on a vehicle, the device comprising:
- a mounting body configured to removably secure to the ladder rack frame;
- a cap blocking a bottom end of the latch rod channel;
- a clamp removably engaged with the mounting bracket, wherein the mounting bracket and the clamp together define an orifice sized to accommodate positioning of the ladder rack frame therein;
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- a spring-loaded latch rod slidably and rotatably engaged with the mounting body such that the latch rod is configured to slide from a first, relaxed position to a second, extended position, the spring-loaded latch rod comprising:
- a guide leg with a proximal end and a distal end;
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- a leg hold extending substantially perpendicularly from the proximal end of the guide leg,
- wherein:
- a distal end of the leg hold comprises a hooked end, such that, when the latch rod is in its first, relaxed position, the leg hold is configured to hold the ladder against the ladder rack frame;
- the guide leg is slidably positioned within the latch rod channel;
- a washer is secured around a bottom end of the guide leg;
- a spring encircles a bottom portion of the guide leg, wherein the spring is positioned adjacent to a top surface of the washer;
- a bottom portion of the latch rod channel has a larger diameter than a top portion of the latch rod channel, such that the spring fits within the bottom portion of the latch rod channel;
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- a step between the bottom portion of the latch rod channel and the top portion of the latch rod defines a stop for a top end of the spring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.