Patent ID: 7967264
Filing Date: 2011-06-28
Classification: E06C

Abstract:
1. A support bracket for attachment to a side rail of a ladder and an object holding accessory for use with the support bracket, which comprises: (a) a U-shaped bracket having a pair of spaced side walls that include overlapping end walls at right angles to the side walls, wherein the bracket is telescopically inserted around a side rail with the side walls of the bracket overlying inside and outside faces of the side rail and with the end walls overlying a front face of the side rail when the bracket is installed thereon, and wherein the end walls are adjustable relative to one another to vary the distance between the side walls to adjust the width of the bracket to accommodate ladder side rails having different widths; (b) wherein the side walls of the bracket are long enough to have extended wall portions thereon that extend past a rear face of the side rail of the ladder when the U-shaped bracket is telescopically installed around the side rail of the ladder with the side walls overlying the inside and outside faces of the side rail; (c) at least one set of aligned holes in the extended wall portions of the side walls; and (d) at least one object holding accessory that may be releasably coupled to the bracket for holding an object laterally outwardly of the outer face of the side rail, wherein the object holding accessory includes a handle that is shaped to be received within the one set of aligned holes with the handle being longer than the distance between the side walls such that the handle extends completely through the bracket with a first end of the handle being located inwardly of an innermost side wall of the bracket, wherein the accessory includes a U-shaped cradle on a second end of the handle for holding a paint can.