Ladder safety attachment

In combination with a ladder, said ladder having a pair of spaced apart side rails which are connected together by a plurality of spaced apart rungs, said rungs being parallel to each other, said ladder defining a longitudinal plane, a ladder safety attachment comprising:

• a supporting frame mounted onto directly adjacent said rungs, said supporting frame being located in a first plane, said first plane located parallel to and directly adjacent said longitudinal plane, said first plane having a front side defined as the space on one side of said first plane, said first plane having a rear side defined as the space on the opposing side of first plane;
• a U-shaped frame pivotally mounted on said supporting frame, said U-shaped frame being located within a second plane, said U-shaped frame having a pair of spaced apart foot pad sections, each said foot pad section including a single impaling device, each said impaling device being positionable in either an extended position or a retracted position relative to its respective said foot pad section, with a said impaling device in said extended position said impaling device being available to penetrate a vertical wall surface against which the ladder is braced, each said foot pad section being retractable so as to locate its respective said impaling device in said extended position upon sufficient force being applied against said foot pad section in a direction toward a vertical wall surface, with each said impaling device in said retracted position said impaling device being hidden preventing injury and damage due to inadvertent contact with said impaling device between a human or an inanimate object;
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• said U-shaped frame being pivotable about a pivot axis relative to said supporting frame between a forwardly extending position and a rearwardly extending position, said pivot axis being located within both said first plane and said second plane, said forwardly extending position substantially totally locating said U-shaped frame within said front side, said rearwardly extending position substantially totally locating said U-shaped frame within said rear side, said U-shaped frame being lockable in both said forwardly extending position and said rearwardly extending position.