Ladder accessories
OwnerPierre Proulxinventor
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Abstract
Molded accessories for ladders, more particularly, a standoff device and a suspended container. The molded standoff device for spacing a ladder from a work surface, comprises: a structural panel element having a panel attachment securable onto a first rung of the ladder, and at least two work surface contact areas spaced apart along a transverse axis to the ladder, opposite the attachment means; and at least one structural arm element separable from the panel element and having an attachment portion securable onto a second rung of the ladder such that the standoff device will be rigidly secured to the ladder. The suspended container is made of two elements, the container which is secured to a lower rung, and an arm member which secures the back wall of the container to an upper rung.
Claims18
A molded standoff device for spacing a ladder from a work surface, the device comprising:
- a structural panel element having
- a panel attachment securable onto a first rung of the ladder, and
- at least two work surface contact areas spaced apart along a transverse axis to said ladder, opposite the panel attachment;
- and
- at least one structural arm element separably connected to the panel element and having an attachment portion securable onto a second rung of the ladder such that the standoff device will be rigidly secured to the ladder.
A molded container for use on a ladder, comprising:
- a receptacle element;
- at least one attachment for securing a first wall of the receptacle to a lower rung of the ladder;
- an arm, separable from the receptacle element, for securing a second wall of the receptacle, opposite the first wall, to an upper rung of the ladder;
- whereby the receptacle is stably suspended to said rungs of the ladder by the arm and the receptacle attachment when the ladder is in use.
A removable standoff device for a ladder comprising:
- a standoff device body having
- a first attachment means for removably attaching the standoff device body onto a rung of the ladder and
- at least two abutting means spaced apart along an abutment axis, for abutting against a work surface;
- and
- arm means secured to the standoff device body, between the first attachment means and the abutting means, for rigidly securing the standoff device body to another rung of the ladder,
- whereby the abutment axis is maintained spaced from the ladder by the standoff device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.