Patent ID: 9598903
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: E06C,F16M,G03B

Claim:
1. An apparatus for mounting an electronic device or mechanical device on a ladder, the apparatus comprising: a horizontally extending mounting plate comprising: a horizontally extending engagement bracket including a horizontally extending portion and a second rung engagement tab, the horizontally extending portion including one or more engagement bracket fasteners and being configured to be inserted into the laterally extending engagement bracket slot, the second rung engagement tab being configured to engage a back side of the ladder rung when the horizontally extending engagement bracket is secured to the horizontally extending mounting plate, the one or more engagement bracket fasteners being configured to be inserted through the one or more engagement bracket fastener slots of the horizontally extending mounting plate for securing the horizontally extending engagement bracket to the horizontally extending mounting plate; a vertically extending mounting plate comprising: a hinge attached to the horizontally extending mounting plate and the vertically extending mounting plate such that the horizontally extending mounting plate and the vertically extending mounting plate may be pivoted with respect to each other so that the apparatus may be shifted between a deployed configuration and a folded configuration, the horizontally extending mounting plate being oriented approximately 90 degrees in relation to the horizontally extending mounting plate and the apparatus being configured to be secured to the ladder in the deployed configuration such that the first engagement tab of the horizontally extending mounting plate engages the front surface of the ladder rung, the second engagement tab of the horizontally extending engagement bracket engages the rear surface of the ladder rung, and the ladder engagement protrusions of the vertically extending mounting plate engage the lower ladder rung, the vertically extending mounting plate and the horizontally extending mounting plate being oriented substantially parallel to each other in the folded configuration for compactly transporting or storing the apparatus.