Patent ID: 6782972
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: E04D,E06C

Abstract:
A ladder elevator device comprising:at least one ladder, at least one ladder attachment assembly, a lateral travel section, a vertical support member, and a raising, lowering, and laterally transporting device that travels back and forth on said lateral travel section and has a capacity to raise and lower a load; wherein said ladder attachment assembly secures said lateral travel section to said ladder, said lateral travel section is pivotally attached to said ladder attachment assembly such that an angle between said lateral travel section and said ladder attachment assembly is variable, and said vertical support member is pivotally attached to said lateral travel section such that an angle between said vertical support member and said lateral travel section is variable; so that said ladder elevator device is assembled with said angles between said lateral travel section and said ladder attachment assembly and said vertical support member being defined so as to provide maximum stability, said vertical support member rests on a work area surface and supports said lateral travel section in a substantially horizontal orientation.