Patent ID: 6497304
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: E06C,Y10T

Abstract:
An improved step ladder having at least one step and a corresponding number of step pads, wherein each step has a top surface and a bottom surface, and each step pad has a bottom surface abutting the top surface of an associated step, said improvement comprising each step pad being replaceably and interchangeably attached to an associated step,wherein said improvement further comprises each step having a plurality of throughbores extending vertically therethrough, from the top surface thereof, to the bottom surface thereof; wherein said improvement further comprises each step pad having a plurality of tits depending from the bottom surface thereof, and which replaceably and interchangeably engage in said plurality of throughbores in the associated step, respectively; wherein said improvement further comprises each tit being resilient; wherein said improvement further comprises each tit having a wide base coincident with the bottom surface of an associated step pad; wherein said improvement further comprises each tit further having a pointed tip that is narrower than said ,wide base thereof so as to facilitate entering into an associated throughbore; and wherein said improvement further comprises said pointed tip of each tit being free of voids.