Patent ID: 9518425
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: E06C

Claim Text:
1. A tool caddy assembly for being removably mounted to a folding ladder, the folding ladder including a pair of angled leg sections pivotally coupled to a top step of the folding ladder, the folding ladder also including a top rung positioned in a first horizontal plane below the top step, the assembly comprising: a housing having a plurality of walls joined together to form said housing; said plurality of walls including a rear wall extending upward at a first angle from a bottom wall of said housing, said bottom wall extending in a second horizontal plane; a bracket attached to said housing, said bracket extending horizontally away from said rear wall, said bracket adapted to removably mount said housing to the pair of angled leg sections of said folding ladder; said bracket having a plurality of walls, including a tapered outer support wall that extends upwardly at a second angle, said rear wall of said housing and said tapered outer support wall of said bracket forming a tapered opening extending along the entire vertical length between said rear wall of said housing and said tapered outer support wall of said bracket, said tapered opening adapted to receive and engage the angled leg sections of the folding ladder when the angled leg sections are inserted through upper and lower portions of the tapered opening of the bracket of the tool caddy assembly; said outer support wall of said bracket having a lower edge that extends along said second plane; said outer support wall adapted to extend downward when said caddy assembly is mounted on said folding ladder through said tapered opening and provide a gap between said top rung of said folding ladder and said lower edge of said outer support wall, said gap being too small to allow a user to insert the user's feet between the lower edge of the outer support wall and the top rung of the folding ladder.