Adjustable ladder stabilizer and tool holder

A stabilizer for supporting a ladder having parallel side rails and a series of transverse rungs set at regular intervals therebetween against a substantially vertical surface, said stabilizer comprising:

• a tubular frame comprising a first rearward frame member fixedly attached longitudinally to a second forward frame member, and two angled frame members affixed near the center of the forward frame member at opposing acute angles thereto and lying in the same plane with the first and second frame members;
• two sleeves pivotally attached to the underside of the frame;
• a tension spring connecting the two sleeves;
• two support arms, a rearward support arm and a forward support arm, dimensioned to fit slidably and reversibly within the first frame member, the second frame member, the angled frame members and the sleeves, each of said support arms being bent to form a leg extending at a right angle therefrom;
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• attachment means affixed to the tubular frame for reversibly attaching the stabilizer to the ladder;
• whereby the support arms can be inserted into the first and second frame members to stabilize the ladder in one manner, into the angled frame members to stabilize the ladder in a different manner and into the sleeves to stabilize the ladder in a further manner.