Abstract:
A support kit supports a free-standing ladder. The kit includes a support frame with adjustable legs to keep the support frame level and a ladder-receiving bracket pivotally mounted on the frame about an axis extending laterally of the frame. A set of struts is pivoted to the frame spaced from the ladder-receiving bracket and extend to connect to the ladder-receiving bracket to form a structural triangle. Another set of struts is pivoted about a lateral axis spaced from the first set of struts and extends to a strut-receiving bracket mounted to the ladder above the ladder-receiving bracket to form a second structural triangle.
Abstract:
Ladder stabilizers for lateral attachment to an extension ladder for inhibiting sideways slipping and falling thereof accordingly to full safety. A long tube support made from non-rusting, a non-articulated bracing member, and a ladder side rail form an A-frame with the tube support and the side rail comprising the legs of the A and the bracing member comprising the horizontal connecting member of the A. The lock for the telescoping sections visibly indicates they are locked, this as per American National Standard ANSI A14.2-1990, par. 6.7.10, the installation being fully secured because of the technically safe locking device the telescopic tube is blocked with a spring pin. Ladder stabilizers are telescopic tubes for uneven ground and are pivotable along only the same surface of the ladder, thus enlarging the sustentation polygon for ladder support. For storage position, horizontal braces are detached and rotate about a metal attachment on the side rail of the ladder to become parallel with the ladder, the telescopic tubes are also in the same position and are firmly tied with a tension hook. This ladder stabilizer is to be added to any existing ladder extensible or non-extensible.
Abstract:
A scaffold jig including a first T-bar that has a first horizontal bar with a first vertical bar extending therefrom. The first vertical bar has a plurality of adjustment holes. Also included is a second T-bar that has a first horizontal U-iron with a second vertical bar extending therefrom. The first U-iron has an opening passing therethrough. The second vertical bar has a bracket with a bracket opening projecting therefrom. The second vertical bar receives the first vertical bar therein to form a support bar. Included is a third T-bar that has a second horizontal U-iron with a third vertical bar extending therefrom. The second U-iron has an opening therethrough and is supported by a step of a ladder. Lastly, a straight bar is included that has a first end positioned between the support bracket, and a second end positioned within the third vertical bar, and a plurality of adjustment holes. The straight bar forms a support brace to support the support bar.
Abstract:
An adjustable stepladder comprising a front and rear leg assembly, each having a pair of parallel legs with coupling apertures at their upper ends and elastomeric stoppers at their lower ends, the leg assembly having a plurality of steps extending transversely between the legs with ends coupled to the legs at intermediate points along their lengths, each of the steps being fabricated with an elastomeric coating upon their upper surface, each of the legs being fabricated of a plurality of components with apertures and with the components coupled together in telescoping relationship with a locking pin positionable through alignable apertures in the areas of overlap and a spring interior thereof to hold the locking pin in a preset orientation, the areas of separation being provided beneath the lowermost step, above the uppermost step, and at regions between the steps; a coupling plate having a planar upper surface with an elastomeric sheet thereover with downwardly extending plates with apertures, the apertures adapted to be aligned with the apertures at the upper ends of the legs for effecting the pivotal coupling of the legs with respect to each other and the coupling plate; and a pivotable locking bar coupling the front leg assembly with the rear leg assembly, the locking bar having an aperture at one end pivotally couplable to one of the leg assemblies and having a plurality of apertures at the other end selectively couplable to an aperture of the other leg assembly as a function of the angle to be formed by the front leg assembly and rear leg assembly, the coupling bar also including a central pivot point to allow pivoting between the legs.
Abstract:
A stepladder stabilizer comprising a telescopically adjustable leg having an upper end and a lower end; a coupling mechanism for coupling the upper end of the leg to a stepladder and allowing the leg to be pivoted and rotated with respect the stepladder; limiting means for limiting the extent to which the leg can be pivoted and rotated; and a foot pivotally coupled to the lower end of the leg and having a gripping mechanism extended downwards therefrom for preventing the foot from slipping when placed on a recipient surface.
Abstract:
A base plate includes a plurality of plate members, each formed with abutting flanges that are in turn orthogonally oriented relative to one another to provide a continuous abutment surface for a plurality of ladder legs of an associated ladder. The structure includes pins directed through each corner of the free ends of the base plates, and may further be provided with tether lines, with a plurality of the tether lines utilizing adjusting means for fixedly anchoring the ladder to the plate structure. Further refinement of the organization includes the flanges in hingedly intercommunicating relationship relative to one another to permit interfolding of the structure for ease of transport and storage.
Abstract:
Stabilizer apparatus for attachment to an extension ladder for inhibiting sideways tipping and downward/rearward slipping thereof. Attached to the opposed side rails of the ladder proximate the upper end of the lowermost section are hinge blocks for pivotally joining a pair of tubular, telescoping, extensible legs to the ladder. The hinge brackets are specially designed to permit the tubular legs to be swung parallel to and directly adjacent with the ladder's side rails when the ladder is to be stowed and which the legs to be rotated laterally outward and forward of the base of the ladder during use. An articulated brace extends between the pair of legs and their associated ladder side rails to limit the extent to which the legs may be splayed relative to the ladder.
Abstract:
An apparatus 10 provides easy, stable positioning of a ladder within a stairwell. The apparatus 10 includes multiple base portions 14, 24 which traverse and rest upon multiple steps 20, 28. Sidewall braces 38, 40 adjustably engage the stairwell sidewalls to inhibit lateral movement of the base portions 14, 24. A bracket 52 is pivotally connected to the base of the ladder and rotatably connected to the base portions 24. Accordingly, the ladder is free to be manually rotated and pivoted to rest against any of the walls forming the stairwell.
Abstract:
An ancillary ladder support or leg is disclosed which may be attached to ladders of various types (including wood, metal, or fiberglass) and configurations to provide additional support and stability for the ladder. The device uses the leg member of the device to engage a fastener so as to allow attachment, removal and repositioning of the device relative to the ladder without the use of additional tools.
Abstract:
A pair of elongated stabilizing supports and a pair of mounts for support by opposite side rails of the ladder. The stabilizing supports each include a pair of generally parallel arms and have a first pair of end portions free of connections extending therebetween and connecting structure extending between and connecting the second pair of end portions thereof. Support structure mounts the stabilizing supports from the mounts in upwardly convergent positions with the first pair of end portions uppermost and for lengthwise adjustable shifting of the stabilizing supports relative to the mounts. The first pair of end portions of the stabilizing supports, when the latter are in upper adjusted positions thereof, embracingly receive the corresponding ladder side rails therebetween. The support structure includes support portions from and relative to which the stabilizing supports are lengthwise adjustably shiftable and the support portions are mounted on the mounts for angular displacement about generally parallel axes at least substantially normal to a plane containing the side rails of the ladder.