Patent ID: 6382354
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: E06C

Abstract:
In combination a ladder and a container for temporary disposal on the ladder;the ladder comprising: at least two side rails and a plurality of steps disposed intermediate the side rails; the container comprising: a bottom panel and an upstanding peripheral wall; the upstanding peripheral wall including a bottom portion attached to the bottom panel and a top portion; the upstanding peripheral wall extending upwardly from the bottom panel; the bottom panel and the upstanding peripheral wall defining the interior of the container; a lip disposed on the upstanding peripheral wall proximate to the top portion of the upstanding peripheral wall; the lip extending laterally outwardly from the upstanding peripheral wall; the lip including an outward facing rail contact surface; the lip having a width defining the distance the lip extends laterally outwardly from the upstanding peripheral wall to the rail contact surface and a length; the lip further including at least one pivot support; the pivot support disposed at a position intermediate the rail contact surface of the lip and the peripheral wall of the container at a spaced apart distance from the rail contact surface of the lip and the peripheral wall of the container; a bracket disposed within the at least one pivot support on the lip; the bracket including: a first section disposed within the pivot support and freely rotatable within the pivot support; a second section extending from the first section; and a third section extending rearwardly from the second section in a direction substantially parallel to the length of the lip; the third section disposed outwardly from the rail contact surface of the lip at a spaced apart lateral distance from the rail contact surface of the lip; the spaced apart distance defining a ladder rail receiving gap; the bracket freely rotatable within the pivot support from at least a first position where the bracket second section is supported by the lip; to a second position where the second section has rotated upwardly from the lip and the lateral distance between the third section and the rail contact surface has shortened, wherein upon disposal of the container on the ladder the ladder rail is disposed within the rail receiving gap and the bracket is rotated to a second position wherein the ladder rail is pinched between the rail contact surface of the lip and the bracket third section, and the bracket third section rests atop a step.