Ladder stand-off device with safety harness
OwnerVictor Tataseoinventor
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Abstract
A ladder stand-off device for supporting the upper end of a ladder in spaced relationship with a wall against which the ladder is leaned. The stand-off device includes a wall engaging brace which is movable about a pivot axis that is transverse to the ladder for adjusting the spaced relationship between the ladder and the wall. The ladder stand-off device includes a safety harness for wrapped around supporting positioning around a user of the ladder.
Claims20
A ladder stand-off device with a safety harness for use with a ladder having a spaced apart pair of side rails, said ladder stand-off device with a safety harness comprising:
- (a) a pair of mounting plates for attachment to different ones of the side rails of the ladder and including means defining a pivot axis which is disposed transversely of the ladder;
- (b) a wall engaging brace extending from said pair of mounting plates, said brace being pivotably movable about the pivot axis defined by said pair of mounting plates for movement into a desired angularly extending position relative to one side of the ladder;
- (c) means for locking said wall engaging brace in a selected angularly extending position;
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- (d) safety harness means connected to said pair of mounting plates so as to extend therefrom in a direction substantially opposite to said wall engaging brace for placement about the body of a user of the ladder.
A ladder structure with a stand-off device and safety harness comprising in combination:
- (a) a ladder having elongated side rails and upper and lower ends;
- (b) a pair of mounting plates each attached to a different one of the side rails of said ladder proximate the upper end thereof, said pair of mounting plates including means defining a pivot axis which is disposed transversely of said ladder;
- (c) a wall engaging brace extending from said pair of mounting plates, said brace pivotably movable about the pivot axis defined by said pair of mounting for movement into a desired angularly extending position relative to one side of said ladder;
- (d) means for locking said wall engaging brace in a selected angularly extending position;
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- (e) safety harness means connected to said pair of mounting plates so as to extend therefrom in a direction which is substantially opposite to said wall engaging brace for placement about the body of a user of said ladder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.