# US 8,540,294 B2 · Removable ladder handle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,540,294 B2 - Document ID: US8540294B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/431,749 - Filed: 2012-03-27 - Published: 2012-10-04 - Granted: 2013-09-24 - Earliest claimed: 2011-03-28 - Assignees: Aj Solutions, Inc. - Applicants: Aaron Dowler; Joseph Jones - Inventors: Aaron Dowler; Joseph Jones - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8540294B2 ## CPC - B65G 7/12: Load carriers, e.g. hooks, slings, harness, gloves, modified for load carrying - B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D) ## Abstract A removable ladder handle allows a user to carry a ladder comfortably with one hand or a shoulder strap. The removable ladder handle has a bar, one or more compression springs and one or more spring clips that have a concave downward shape. A middle section of each spring clip is coupled to the bar. The compression springs are coupled to the bar facing downward. Both end sections of each spring clip have inside hooks that face inward and upward. The spring clips and inside hooks are configured to fit over one of the side rails of a ladder and snap on to inner edges of the side rail when the removable ladder handle is engaged to the ladder by a user pushing the removable ladder handle down onto the side rail. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A removable ladder handle device comprising: a bar with an upward facing side and a downward facing side; at least two spring clips, each with a middle section, two end sections and two inside hooks; the middle section of each of the spring clips coupled to the bar; each of the spring clips with a concave downward shape; each of the inside hooks coupled with one of the spring clip end sections; each of the inside hook facing inward and upward; and at least two compression springs, each coupled to the downward facing side of the bar. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein end sections of each spring clip are substantially parallel and separated by a distance slightly more than a width of a standard extension ladder side rail. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein end sections of each spring clip are substantially parallel and separated by a distance of 2.5 to 3.5 inches. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, further comprising: a back hook coupled to one of the spring clips, facing outward and upward. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, further comprising: a plurality of rings attached to the removable ladder handle, at least one at each end, configured to allow attachment of a shoulder strap. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, further comprising: a security rod coupled to one of the spring clips, deposed between the end sections. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the compression springs are tapered springs. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein each compression spring is coupled to the bar where the bar is coupled to one of the spring clips. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein each inside hook is a piece of sheet metal bent into an inside hook shape. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The device of claim 9, wherein each piece of sheet metal that forms one of the inside hooks is part of a monolithic piece of sheet metal that forms a rest of the spring clip. ### Claim 11 A removable ladder handle device comprising: a bar with an upward facing side and a downward facing side; a spring clip, with a middle section, two end sections and two inside hooks; the middle section of the spring clip coupled to the bar; the spring clip with a concave downward shape; each of the inside hooks coupled with one of the spring clip end sections; each of the inside hooks facing inward and upward; and a compression spring coupled to the downward facing side of the bar. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The device of claim 11, wherein end sections of the spring clip are substantially parallel and separated by a distance slightly more than a width of a standard extension ladder side rail. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The device of claim 11, wherein end sections of the spring clip are substantially parallel and separated by a distance of 2.5 to 3.5 inches. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The device of claim 11, further comprising: a back hook coupled to the spring clip, facing outward and upward. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The device of claim 11, further comprising: a plurality of rings attached to the removable ladder handle, at least one at each end, configured to allow attachment of a shoulder strap. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The device of claim 11, further comprising: a security rod coupled to one of the spring clips, deposed between the end sections. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The device of claim 11, further comprising: a security rod coupled to one of the spring clips, deposed between the end sections, 1 to 1.25 inches above a top of the inside hooks. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The device of claim 11, wherein the compression spring has a tapered shape. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The device of claim 18, further comprising: a spring base with a shape that conforms to dimensions inside a narrow end of the tapered shape of the compression spring; the spring base deposed with the narrow end of the tapered shape of the compression spring; and the spring base coupled to the bar with a rivet.