Stable stepladder with utility tray

A stepladder comprising:

• a first step element and a second step element each with a first step rail, a second step rail and a top step wherein said first step element and said second step element are rotatably attached by a first hinge and strut combination that is attached at a first end to said first step rail of said first step element and at a second end to said first step rail of said second step element and by a second hinge and strut combination that is attached at a first end to said second step rail of said first step element and at a second end to said second step rail of said second step element wherein said first hinge and strut combination and said second hinge and strut combination are disposed adjacent to and below said top step of each of said first step element and said second step element wherein each of said first and second hinge and strut combinations is a hinge spaced apart from a strut wherein said strut is positioned below said hinge and a slot in said strut is engaged with a capped lug in said strut;
• a hinged strut is attached at opposed ends between each of said first step rails and between each of said second step rails of said first step element and said second step element intermediate said top steps and a ladder base;
• a plurality of steps spaced apart and attached between said first and second step rails of said first step element and said first and second step rails of said second step element;
• a plurality of lateral support legs each have a lever strut rotatably attached at a first end to a top end of each of said lateral support legs, and one of each of said lever struts at a second end is rotatably attached intermediate a second step and a third step from said top step of said first step element to each of said first and second step rails of said second step element to each of said first and second step rails;
• a lower strut is rotatably attached at opposed ends to each of said lateral support legs and said first and second step rails below and spaced apart from said lever strut;
• wherein when said lateral support legs are deployed, a foot end of each is spaced apart from its attached step rail one half the width of the distance between a bottom end of each of said first and second step rails;
• and
• wherein a capped lug is attached adjacent said top steps on each of said first step rails and said second step rails, and a utility tray having four side walls with one of said side walls having at least two slots formed therein for engagement with said capped lugs is disposed on the stepladder.