Ladder carrying apparatus and method of modifying a ladder
AssigneeHandsaver Handles LLC
InventorWilliam M. Bachorski
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Abstract
An apparatus for carrying a ladder includes a base, a handle connected to the base, and fingers spaced from one another on the base and generally extending away from the handle. Each of the fingers has a hooked end. A compressible biasing member on the base at least partially extends toward the hooked ends to bias a ladder rail against the hooked ends when the fingers are placed around the ladder rail. The compressible biasing member may be a spring, a flexible tab, a foam pad, or other compressible member. A method of modifying a ladder is also provided.
Claims20
An apparatus for carrying a ladder having a ladder rail comprising:
- a base;
- a handle connected to the base;
- fingers spaced from one another on the base and generally extending away from the handle and having hooked ends;
- and
- a compressible biasing member on the base at least partially extending toward the hooked ends to bias the ladder rail against the hooked ends when the fingers are placed around the ladder rail.
A ladder assembly comprising:
- a ladder having a pair of spaced rails and rungs connecting the rails;
- a handle assembly having:
- a base;
- a handle connected to a first surface of the base;
- fingers spaced from one another on the base and generally extending away from the handle and having hooked ends;
- a compressible biasing member on a second surface of the base opposite the first surface;
- wherein the compressible biasing member at least partially extends toward the hooked ends;
- and
- wherein the fingers are configured to fit around one of the rails with the compressible biasing member contacting said one of the rails and compressed by said one of the rails to bias said one of the rails against the hooked ends so that the handle is securely positioned on said one of the rails.
A method of modifying a ladder comprising:
- pressing a handle assembly against a rail of the ladder so that fingers of the handle assembly fit around the rail and bias the rail between hooked ends of the fingers and a compressible biasing member of the handle assembly, the handle assembly thereby being fixed to the rail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.