Ladder tool holder
OwnerLawrence Ayalainventor
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Abstract
A ladder tool is disclosed and is useful for supporting tools safely, including tools with hoses or cords attached to them. Disclosed embodiments include a support for inserting into a hollow ladder rung, and a tool holder attached to the support structure. The tool holder has an incomplete polygonal shape and provides an opening for the hose or cord to enter and exit the tool holder, so that the operation of passing the hose or cord through the opening can be performed with one hand. The disclosure also includes a support extension that passes clear through the hollow rung of a ladder has a safety tab that rotates down by gravity to prevent the ladder tool from accidently being pulled out or displaced from the ladder rung.
Claims18
A device comprising:
- A support for inserting into a hollow ladder rung, wherein a part of the support fits inside the hollow ladder rung with a first section that has a generally square shape;
- and a second section that is generally D-shaped;
- and
- A tool holder coupled to the support, the tool holder comprising:
- A first portion substantially parallel to the support and coupled to the support, and
- A second portion connected to the first portion, the second portion having a shape with an opening.
A device comprising:
- A support structure having a first section to be inserted into a first ladder rung with a first rung cross section shape wherein the first section has a first cross section shape with a first flat top that is substantially similar to the first rung cross section shape, the support structure having a second section to be inserted into a second ladder rung with a second rung cross section shape including a second flat top, wherein the second rung cross section shape is larger than the first rung cross section shape of the first ladder rung;
- wherein the first section is connected to the second section along a longitudinal axis;
- and
- A tool holder attached to the second section of the support structure.
A device comprising:
- A support configured to securely fit into a hollow rung of a ladder having a first section with a first generally flat top, the first section having a generally square shape cross section, and a second section with a second generally flat top, the second section having a generally “D” shape cross section, wherein the support aligns rotation of the support to the flat top of the hollow rung of the ladder, and prevents rotation of the support when inserted into the hollow rung of the ladder;
- A tool holder connected to the support, wherein the tool holder is fixed rotationally to the support, wherein the tool holder has a shape generally within a flat plane that is substantially parallel to the generally flat top of the hollow rung, wherein the shape has a width and length, and where in the shape has an end that forms an opening, wherein the opening has a distance defined by a narrowest point that would restrict an object passing through the opening into the shape, and wherein the opening is narrower than the width of the shape, and wherein the opening is narrower than the length of the shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.