Ladder platform attachment
OwnerArthur A. Ardunainventor
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Abstract
A portable ladder platform attachment, for increasing a person's safety when standing on a ladder, includes a platform having a surface, a forward edge, a rear edge, and opposing side edges, and a rod having a serpentine shape confined within a vertical plane above a centerline extending between the forward and rear edges of the platform. The rod has a first end coupled to the platform closer to the forward edge than to the rear edge, a midsection that extends above and substantially parallel to the surface of the platform along the centerline, and a second end shaped as a hook sized to fit closely about an upper rung of the ladder while the platform sits on a lower rung of the ladder.
Claims19
A portable ladder platform attachment for increasing a person's safety when standing on a ladder, comprising:
- a platform having a surface, a forward edge, a rear edge, and opposing side edges;
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- a rod having a serpentine shape confined within a vertical plane above a centerline extending between the forward and rear edges of the platform, the rod having a first end coupled to the platform closer to the forward edge than to the rear edge, a midsection that extends above and substantially parallel to the surface of the platform along the centerline, and a second end shaped as a hook, the shape of the hook being complementary to an upper rung of the ladder from which the hook hangs while the platform sits on a lower rung of the ladder.
A ladder platform attachment for increasing a person's safety when standing on a ladder, comprising:
- a platform having a surface configured to support a person standing thereon, a forward edge, and a rearward edge;
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- a rod having a serpentine shape confined within a vertical plane above a centerline extending between the forward edge and the rearward edge of the platform, the rod having a first end coupled to the platform near the forward edge and a second end shaped as a hook, the shape of the hook being complementary to an upper rung of the ladder from which the hook hangs while the platform at the rearward edge sits on an adjacent lower rung of the ladder, the rod having a vertical extent that is substantially equal to a vertical distance between the upper rung and the adjacent lower rung of the ladder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.