Ladder stabilizer
OwnerJoseph Anthony Simonettiinventor
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Abstract
A ladder stabilizer comprises a central section and two side sections extending in substantially the direction from opposed ends of the central section. When the stabilizer is placed with the free ends of the side sections in contact with a vertical wall of a building and the side sections and the central section lying substantially in a horizontal plane, the central section provides a substantially planar surface facing away from the vertical wall and lying at an angle of from about 12 to about 23 degrees, and desirably about 17.5 degrees, to the vertical. This enables the side sections to extend horizontally even when the ladder is used at its normal inclination to the vertical.
Claims14
A ladder stabilizer comprising a central section and two side sections extending in substantially the same direction from opposed ends of the central section, such that when the stabilizer is placed with the ends of the side sections remote from the central section in contact with a vertical wall of a building and the side sections and the central section lying substantially in a horizontal plane, the central section provides a substantially planar surface facing away from the vertical wall and lying at an angle of from about 12 to about 23 degrees to the vertical, the ladder stabilizer further comprising at least two clamping means arranged to clamp the central section to a rung of a ladder with said substantially planar surface in contact with the side rails of the ladder.
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A ladder having two side rails and a plurality of rungs extending between the side rails, in combination with a ladder stabilizer, the ladder stabilizer comprising a central section having a length of at least about 55 inches, and two side sections extending in substantially the same direction from opposed ends of the central section, such that when the stabilizer is placed with the free ends of the side sections remote from the central section in contact with a vertical wall of a building and the side sections and the central section lying substantially in a horizontal plane, the central section provides a substantially planar surface facing away from the vertical wall and lying at an angle of from about 12 to about 23 degrees to the vertical, the ladder stabilizer further comprising two clamping means extending around a single rung of the ladder and the central section of the stabilizer, such that the side sections lie a substantial distance outside the side rails of the ladder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.