Patent ID: 6029774
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: E06C

Abstract:
A ladder safety assembly for stabilizing an upper end portion of a ladder when said ladder is disposed in an operative position against a structure to which the assembly is fastened, said ladder safety assembly comprisingan elongated support member;means for attaching said elongated support member to a structure against which a ladder is to be operatively positioned;first and second U-shaped coupling elements attached in spaced apart relationship to opposite end portions of said support member, each of said first and second U-shaped coupling elements having an open end projecting forwardly from said elongated support member for insertion of a different leg of a ladder therethrough into a corresponding one of said first and second U-shaped coupling elements; andfirst and second safety latch members hingably attached, permanently and directly, to said first and second U-shaped coupling elements, respectively, each of said first and second safety latch members having a normally closed position for trapping a different leg of said ladder in a corresponding one of said first and second U-shaped coupling elements and an open position for permitting the selective removal of said ladder from said first and second U-shaped coupling elements when desired.