Patent ID: 7255198
Filing Date: 2007-08-14
Classification: E06C

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for providing an extendable stepladder having a pair of support legs, comprising: a) a stepladder portion having first and second side rails having a plurality of rungs extending therein between, an upper and tower end, wherein each said side rail has a throughbore therein; b) first and second support legs adapted for pivotal connection to said upper end of said stepladder portion, said support legs having upper and lower ends, wherein said support legs are divergently angularly disposed with respect to said stepladder portion, wherein said legs are divergently angularly disposed with respect to each other; and, c) first, second and third spanner supports adapted for pivotal connection between said stepladder portion and said pair of support legs, each of said first, second and third spanner supports having first and second ends, wherein said first spanner support is disposed between said first side rail and said first support leg, wherein said second spanner support is disposed between said second side rail and said second support leg, wherein said third spanner support is disposed between said first and second support legs, d) wherein said support legs are telescopic to permit the length to be adjusted, e) an extendable ladder portion being disposed on said upper end of said stepladder portion to permit the stepladder to be extended, said extendable ladder portion having first and second side rails having a plurality of rungs extending therein between, an upper and lower end, wherein each said side rail has a throughbore therein, f) wherein each said side rail of said extendable ladder portion is slidably, fixedly disposed in said throughbore of each of said corresponding side rail of said stepladder portion to permit the extendable ladder portion to be extended above the stepladder portion, and g) an extendable hand rail portion being disposed on said upper end of said extendable ladder portion to permit the extendable hand rail portion to be extended, said extendable hand rail portion having first and second side rails and a hand rail extending therein between, an upper and lower end, wherein said hand rail is disposed on said upper end of said extendable hand rail portion to permit a user to grip the hand rail for stability.