Patent ID: 6513625
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: E04D,E06C

Abstract:
A ladder holding device for removably coupling to the top rung of a ladder and being positioned on a roof for holding the ladder on the roof, said device comprising:a first plate and a second plate, said first plate having a bottom edge, a top edge and a pair of side edges, said second plate having a bottom edge, a top edge and a pair of side edges, said top edges of said first and second plates being attached to each other along their lengths at a juncture such that said plates are in an annular relationship with respect to each other, said plates having a top surface and a bottom surface; a bracket being coupled to said bottom edge of said first plate for removably engaging said top rung of said ladder, said bracket having an arm portion and a hand portion coupled together at a perpendicular orientation to each other, said arm portion being coupled to and extending along said bottom edge of said first plate and being oriented substantially perpendicular to said first plate such that said band portion is spaced from and positioned below said first plate, said bracket being positionable around the top rung such that the top rung is positioned between said first plate and said hand portion; a block member being attached to said bottom surface of said first plate such that when the juncture of said first and second plates is positioned over an apex of the roof, said block member will abut the roof, said block member extending away from said first plate a distance substantially equal to a height of said arm portion, said block member being positioned adjacent to and extending along the width of said second plate; a nodule being coupled to a top surface of said second plate and positioned generally adjacent to said bottom edge of said second plate, said nodule having a forward side being positioned adjacent to said bottom edge of said second plate, said forward side having a threaded bore therein; and a pole being elongated and having a first end and a second end, an outer surface of said pole adjacent to said first end being threaded, said first end of said pole may be extended into and threadably engaged to said threaded bore.