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US 5,191,954 AGranted
Ladder rung supported combination platform and utensil rack
OwnerJim D. Ledfordinventor
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Abstract
A ladder platform and utility frame means is formed by a foot plate supported by adjacent ladder rungs and an open frame mounted on an elongated rod entering the lowermost ladder rung supporting the foot plate. A stub arm and lug respectively attached to the utensil frame and the foot plate stabilize the utensil frame in a substantially horizontal plane for supporting workman materials, such as paint containers and tools.
Claims4
A tradesman's equipment support means for use on a ladder having forward and rearward surfaces and having spaced uprights joined by vertically spaced hollow open end horizontal rungs, comprising:
- a generally L-shaped foot plate having a front edge portion projecting substantially horizontal forward through the ladder and overlying a ladder rung and having a leg portion opposite its front edge portion terminating upwardly in an inverted U-shaped hook overlying the next adjacent upward rung of the ladder;
- means on said foot plate for preventing movement thereof relative to the first named ladder rung;
- an elongated rod extending at one end portion into the first named rung and projecting laterally of one ladder upright at its other end portion;
- a generally horizontal frame having opposing ends and having one end portion overlying and supported by said rod other end portion;
- and,
- frame stabilizing means for connecting said foot plate with the end portion of said frame opposite said rod.
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