Ladder safety device

1) A step ladder safety device having a body comprising at least five panels in the substantial shape of a hollow, truncated, open-bottom substantially-pyramidally-shaped frustrum comprising four substantially-vertical panels and a top panel, wherein:

• each panel comprises four edges cut at various angles;
• and each panel comprises two surfaces, an inside surface and an outside surface wherein the inside surface of the panel is in contact with the step ladder when the safety device is in place on the step ladder;
• the top panel sits atop a platform of a step ladder so that the inside surface of the top panel is in contact with the top of the step ladder platform and the top panel is parallel to the floor on which the step ladder is placed;
• the four substantially-vertical panels include a back panel, a front panel, a first side panel and a second side panel, wherein:
• a) the back panel comprises a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge;
• and the back panel is arranged so that the inside surface of the back panel contacts the rear support of the step ladder and also faces toward the front of the stepladder;
• b) the front panel comprises a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge, and the front panel is situated so that the inside surface of the front panel contacts the front of the step ladder and faces the inside surface of the back panel;
• c) the first side panel comprises a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge;
• d) the second side panel comprises a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge;
• e) the two side panels are situated on the stepladder opposite of each other so that the inside surfaces of the side panels face each other and contact the sides of the stepladder;
• f) the panels are connected so that the back edge of the top panel connects with the top edge of the back panel, the front edge of the top panel connects with the top edge of the front panel, the first side edge of the top panel connects to the top edge of the first side panel, and the second side edge of the top panel connects to the top edge of the second side panel;
• the back panel is connected along its first side edge to the corresponding first side edge of the first side panel, which is itself connected along its second side edge to the corresponding first side edge of the front panel which is itself connected along its second side edge to the corresponding first side edge of the second side panel, which the second side panel joins at its second side edge with the second side edge of the back panel;
• the five-panel body is suitable to be mounted and retained by gravitational force at the apex of a step ladder;
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• the front panel is long enough to substantially cover the platform and at least the top rung of a stepladder.