Ladder mounting system
AssigneeTra-Lor-Mate, Inc.
InventorRichard LaBrash
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Abstract
A ladder mounting mechanism is configured for mounting a ladder to a truck trailer. The truck trailer has at least one keeper member fixedly connected thereto. The ladder mounting mechanism includes a frame and at least one moveable locking member moveably connected to the frame. The frame is adapted to be fixedly connected to the ladder. The moveable locking member is adapted for movement relative to the frame between a ladder-secured position and a ladder-unsecured position. In the ladder-secured position, the locking member engages the keeper member in a manner for securing the ladder to the truck trailer. In the ladder-unsecured position, the locking member is disengaged from the keeper member.
Claims19
A ladder mounting mechanism for mounting a ladder to a truck trailer having at least one keeper member fixedly connected thereto, the ladder mounting mechanism comprising:
- a frame adapted to be fixedly connected to the ladder, said frame including first and second elongate support members extending in parallel spaced relation to one another and at least one cross member extending transversely between the first and second support members, the cross member having a first end moveably connected to the first support member and a second end moveably connected to the second support member, the cross member being adapted for movement along the first and second support members;
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- at least one moveable locking member moveably connected to the frame and adapted for movement relative to the frame between a ladder-secured position wherein the locking member is adapted to engage the keeper member in a manner for securing the ladder to the truck trailer and a ladder-unsecured position wherein the locking member is adapted to disengage from the keeper member, wherein the moveable locking member is connected to the cross member in a manner to permit rotating movement of the moveable locking member relative to the frame.
A ladder mounting mechanism for mounting a ladder to a truck trailer having at least one keeper member fixedly connected thereto, the ladder mounting mechanism comprising:
- a frame adapted to be fixedly connected to the ladder;
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- at least one moveable locking member moveable connected to the frame and adapted for movement relative to the frame between a ladder-secured position wherein the locking member is adapted to engage the keeper member in a manner for securing the ladder to the truck trailer and a ladder-unsecured position wherein the locking member is adapted to disengage from the keeper member;
- wherein said frame includes first and second elongate support members extending longitudinally in parallel spaced relation to one another and at least one cross member extending transversely between the first and second elongate support members, the cross member having a first end moveably connected to the first support member and a second end moveably connected to the second support member, the cross member being adapted for movement longitudinally along the first and second support members, the moveable locking member being connected to a portion of the cross member intermediate the first and second ends thereof.
A ladder and mounting mechanism comprising:
- at least one keeper member adapted to be fixedly connected to a truck trailer, the keeper member including a recessed keeper post adapted to be located within a recess in a floor of the truck trailer;
- a ladder having a pair of elongate side rails extending in parallel spaced relation to one another, the side rails being connected to one another by a plurality of transverse rungs;
- a frame adapted to be fixedly connected to the ladder, the frame including a generally horizontal cross member that extends between the elongate side rails;
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- at least one moveable locking member moveably connected to the frame and adapted for movement relative to the frame between a ladder-secured position wherein the locking member is adapted to engage the keeper member in a manner for securing the ladder to the truck trailer and a ladder-unsecured position wherein the locking member is adapted to disengage from the keeper member, the moveable locking member having a latch portion and a hand-engaging portion, the latch portion comprising a plate with an engagement portion adapted for engagement with the keeper member in a manner to secure the ladder to the truck trailer when the locking member is in its ladder-secured position, the latch portion and the hand-engaging portion being operatively connected to one another so that movement of the hand-engaging portion causes movement of the latch portion between its ladder-secured position and its ladder-unsecured position, the moveable locking member being slidably connected to the frame for sliding movement relative to the frame between its ladder-secured position and its ladder-unsecured position, the latch portion of the locking member being adapted for engagement with the recessed keeper post in a manner to secure the ladder to the truck trailer when the locking member is in its ladder-secured position, the latch portion of the locking member being adapted to disengage from the keeper post when the locking member is in its ladder-unsecured position.
The ladder and mounting mechanism of claim, 12 wherein the frame includes at least one mounting member having a distal end adapted to project into the recess of the floor of the truck trailer, the moveable locking member having a generally inverted-U shaped cross-sectional configuration adapted to fit over a portion of the mounting member in manner to permit lateral sliding movement of the locking member relative to the frame.
A ladder adapted to be mounted to a truck trailer having first and second keeper members fixedly connected thereto and spaced from one another, the ladder comprising:
- a pair of elongate side rails extending in parallel spaced relation to one another, the side rails being connected to one another by a plurality of transverse rungs;
- a frame fixedly connected to an upper portion of the ladder, said frame including first and second elongate support members extending in parallel spaced relation to one another, a first cross member extending transversely between the first and second support members, and a second cross member extending transversely between the first and second support members, each of the first and second cross members having a first end moveably connected to the first support member and a second end moveably connected to the second support member, the first and second cross members each being adapted for movement along the first and second support members;
- a first moveable locking member moveably connected to the first cross member in a manner to permit rotating movement of the first moveable locking member relative to the frame between a ladder-secured position wherein the first locking member is adapted to engage the first keeper member in a manner for securing the ladder to the truck trailer and a ladder-unsecured position wherein the first locking member is adapted to disengage from the first keeper member;
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- a second moveable locking member moveably connected to the second cross member in a manner to permit rotating movement of the second moveable locking member relative to the frame between a ladder-secured position wherein the second locking member is adapted to engage the second keeper member in a manner for securing the ladder to the truck trailer and a ladder-unsecured position wherein the second locking member is adapted to disengage from the second keeper member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.