Safety device for ladders

A safety device for a ladder having a pair of spaced side rails joined by spaced rungs, said safety device comprising:

• (a) a holding member;
• (b) an elongate member;
• (c) means for rotatably fastening said holding member to said elongate member, for rotational movement about a longitudinal axis of said elongate member;
• (d) means for selectively fastening said elongate member to the side rails generally parallel to the rungs;
• and
• (e) means for gripping a cylindrical object, said gripping means connected to said holding member in a manner wherein said gripping means is disposed to lie generally perpendicular to said elongate member whereby when the ladder is placed against a vertically positioned cylindrical object, said gripping means engage the cylindrical object along a length generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical object.

A ladder comprising:

• (a) a pair of spaced side rails;
• (b) a plurality of spaced rungs, said side rails joined by said rungs;
• (c) a holding member;
• (d) means for rotatably fastening said holding member to one of said rungs for rotational movement about a longitudinal axis of said one of said rungs;
• (e) means for gripping a cylindrical object, said gripping means connected to said holding member in a manner wherein said gripping means is disposed to lie generally perpendicular to the rung whereby when the ladder is placed against a vertically positioned cylindrical object, said gripping means engage the cylindrical object along a length generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical object.

A safety device for a ladder having a pair of spaced side rails joined by spaced rungs, said safety device comprising:

• (a) an arcuately shaped plate having a top, bottom and two side edges, said plate being curved generally along a longitudinal axis of said holding member, having a convex shape facing the rung;
• (b) means for rotatably fastening said plate to one of the rungs of the ladder, for rotational movement about a longitudinal axis of the rung;
• and
• (c) a plurality of sharp, pointed teeth disposed along said side edges, whereby when the ladder is placed against a vertically positioned cylindrical object, said teeth engage and grip the cylindrical object along a length generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical object.