Ladder with improved safety structures
AssigneeiGas Inc
InventorPeter Yuanbao Meng
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Abstract
A ladder including a ladder body and a positioning structure. The positioning structure is connected at the top of the ladder body and comprises a positioning connecting rod a pair of positioning legs. The positioning connecting rod is connected to the main body of the ladder and the positioning legs are connected to both ends of the positioning connecting rod. The positioning legs may include positioning links and a positioning plate. The positioning links are connected between the positioning connecting rod and the positioning plate. The positioning plate is used to secure the ladder body to a surface. When in use, the top of the ladder body can be fixed at a high place by the positioning structure. In fixing one end, the entire is more secure thereby improving the safety during use.
Claims16
A ladder, comprising:
- a main body extending between and upper end and a lower end, the main body including a pair of elongated support members and a plurality of crossmembers extending therebetween;
- a positioning structure connected at an upper end of the main body, the positioning structure including:
- a positioning connecting rod connected to the main body and having two opposing ends;
- a pair of positioning legs, the positioning legs are respectively connected at the opposing ends of the positioning connecting rod;
- and each positioning leg including a positioning link and a positioning plate, wherein the positioning link is connected between the positioning connecting rod and the positioning plate;
- wherein each positioning link comprises:
- a fixed rod, the fixed rod having a first end connected to the positioning link in a non-rotatable manner;
- a pair of rotating rods, wherein a first end of each of the pair of rotating rods is rotatably connected to a second end of the fixed rod;
- a second end of each of the pair of rotating rods connected with its respective positioning plate;
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- whereby each positioning plate is configured to provide a stable base against a surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.