Step attachment for ladders

A method of connecting a removable foot-supporting platform to a stepladder a step formed of an inverted generally square U-shaped channel member supported at lateral ends between lateral side rails of the stepladder, comprising the steps of:

• providing a platform of unitary construction having a generally rectangular flat main body portion, opposed transverse first and second ends, and laterally opposed sides, said first end bent downward and angularly outward with respect to said main body portion and terminating in a short upturned hook portion that extends angularly upward and inward with respect to said main body portion;
• placing said first end between the lateral side rails of the stepladder;
• positioning said upturned hook portion beneath a bottom edge of a front wall of the step;
• and
• pivoting said main body portion downwardly to engage said upturned hook portion with the bottom edge the front wall of the step, whereby
• said upturned hook portion is captured on the bottom edge the front wall of the step and said main body portion is supported on a top surface of the step and extends a distance rearward of the step and lateral side rails of the stepladder in a cantilever fashion to provide a platform for receiving and supporting the feet of a person standing on the stepladder.