Patent ID: 9597924
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: A45F,B44D,B65G,E06C,Y10S

Claim:
1. A device for suspending a can from a ladder where the can has a pivoting bail capable of pivoting so that the bail may be moved to a position adjacent to the can, and the ladder has an elongated ladder leg and a rung extending from the ladder leg, the device comprising: a body; and an integral curved handle extending from the body, the handle having a neck part extending outward from the body and integral grip part that bends back over the neck part so that the grip part is spaced from the neck part and the body to form an opening therebetween for receiving the ladder leg and rung, the grip part having a first catch surface facing the neck part and adapted to abut one of the ladder leg and ladder rung when the device is suspending a can from the ladder, the body having a first can facing surface adapted for bracing against a can and a bail receiving notch adapted for receiving said bail, the bail receiving notch located substantially opposite said first can facing surface and spaced therefrom, the body having a head part extending therefrom adjacent the neck part toward the grip part, the head part having a second catch surface facing the grip part and adapted to abut against the ladder leg opposite the grip part when the device is suspending a can from the ladder.