US 5,845,742 AGranted

Container support bracket

OwnerErin Jessica Tade, Robert Thomas Tadeinventors

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Abstract

A container support bracket for use with a ladder to support a container having a wire handle is provided. The container support bracket has a container support member preferably pivotally attached to a rung engagement structure. The container support member has a second extension member, a first support member and a second support member, which in combination are preferably in the form of an inverted T-shape. For use with hollow rung ladders, the rung engagement structure has a first extension member which is adapted to be inserted into a hollow rung of the ladder. For use with flat rung ladders, the rung engagement structure is adapted to engage a flat rung of the ladder. Such structures are provided which have at least one support member which rests on the top of the engaged rung and anti-rotation member to keep the structure in place when a paint can is hung from the container support member.

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Dependent claims

In combination with a container support member for supporting a container from a flat rung ladder, a rung engagement structure for engaging a flat rung, the rung engagement structure comprising:

a connecting member having first and second ends, the first end proximate the container support member;
a first riser member coupled to the first end of the connecting member such that the length of the first riser member is substantially perpendicular to the length of the connecting member;
a first support member coupled to the first riser member such that the length of the first support member is substantially perpendicular to the length of the first riser member;
an extension member coupled between the first support member and the container support member such that the length of the extension member is substantially perpendicular to the length of the first support member;
a first anti-rotation member coupled to the second end of the connecting member such that the length of the first anti-rotation member is parallel to the length of the first support member;
a second riser member coupled to first the anti-rotation member;
a second support member coupled to the second riser member such that the length of the second support member is substantially parallel to the length of the first support member, the combination of the second support member, the second riser member, and the first anti-rotation member forming a C shape;
a hook member coupled to the second support member;
and
a second anti-rotation member extending perpendicularly from a point intermediate the length of the connecting member.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.