Ladder paint bucket holders
OwnerAlfred C. Rothinventor
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Abstract
A receptacle support for supporting a receptacle such as a paint can on a ladder rung or rail. The receptacle support is constructed of a steel rod having a plurality of bends to provide a hook end and a clamp receiving end. There is a bend in the center of the rod to provide a pair of arms. The bend has an angle greater than 90 degrees, where the hook end engages an end of a ladder rail and one of the arms rests on a rung. The other arm extends downwardly where a clamp holds a receptacle on the outside of the ladder. A spring securing device attached to the steel rod and stretched so it attaches to the hook end. When the securing device is in place the receptacle support and spring encircle a ladder rail to stabilize the receptacle holder and receptacle.
Claims9
A receptacle support for supporting a receptacle on a ladder, comprising:
- a metal rod having a plurality of bends to provide a hook means at one end and a clamp receiving end at the other end;
- said metal rod having a first arm and a second arm, an angled bend in said rod separates said first arm and said second arm, where said first arm has a length greater than a ladder rail width and said second arm having a length less than said first arm;
- said hook means having a first member at a right angle to said first arm and parallel to said clamp receiving end and a second member at a right angle to said first member, where said second member being parallel to said first arm, and said hook means being on said first arm;
- a third member on said second member and at a right angle to said second member, where said third member extends in a plane parallel to said first arm and in a direction outside of said angled bend;
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- a clamp means on said clamp receiving end for moving along said end, where said clamp means clamps on a side wall of a receptacle and supporting said receptacle on said receptacle support, whereby said hook means wraps around one end of a ladder rail and said first arm engages a rung on said ladder.
A receptacle support as in claim 5 wherein said second arm having an end on which said clamp receiving end extends.
A receptacle support as in claim 10 wherein said elastic means is a coiled spring having a pair of loop ends to connect to said second arm and to said third member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.