Ladder bumper

A ladder bumper, comprising:

• a rail channel, the rail channel having first and second rail channel ends, the rail channel further having two generally opposing and parallel channel legs separated by and connected to a channel web;
• at least one opposing pair of rung slots, wherein one rung slot in each opposing pair thereof is provided in a corresponding channel leg, each rung slot providing a rung slot opening, wherein opposing pairs of rung slots follow a path from their rung slot openings generally in the direction of the first rail channel end;
• and
• a protective pad, the protective pad having first and second protective pad ends, the protective pad having a generally U-shaped cross section in which the protective pad has two generally opposing and parallel pad legs separated by and connected to a pad web;
• wherein the protective pad is received over and affixed snugly to the rail channel such that the pad web contacts the channel web and the first protective pad end is oriented towards the first rail channel end.

A pair of ladder bumpers and a ladder, the ladder including two ladder rails separated by a plurality of spaced-apart ladder rungs, each ladder bumper comprising:

• a rail channel, the rail channel having first and second rail channel ends, the rail channel further having two generally opposing and parallel channel legs separated by and connected to a channel web;
• at least one opposing pair of rung slots, wherein one rung slot in each opposing pair thereof is provided in a corresponding channel leg, each rung slot providing a rung slot opening, wherein opposing pairs of rung slots follow a path from their rung slot openings generally in the direction of the first rail channel end;
• a protective pad, the protective pad having first and second protective pad ends, the protective pad having a generally U-shaped cross section in which the protective pad has two generally opposing and parallel pad legs separated by and connected to a pad web, wherein the pad web provides a pad web planar surface;
• a pad web thickened portion provided on the pad web towards the first protective pad end, the pad web thickened portion including an angle-setting protrusion (ASP), the ASP including an ASP planar surface, wherein the ASP planar surface and the pad web planar surface subtend a predetermined ASP angle;
• and
• wherein the protective pad is received over and affixed snugly to the rail channel such that the pad web contacts the channel web and the first protective pad end is oriented towards the first rail channel end,
• wherein the rail channel of each ladder bumper is received over a corresponding one of the ladder rails and the rung slots in one of the channel legs of each ladder bumper are received over corresponding selected ones of the ladder rungs.