Patent ID: 6688428
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: E06C

Abstract:
A ladder lock for locking a ladder to a vehicular rack mounted entirely on the exterior of a vehicle, said ladder lock when in use being completely exterior to the vehicle, comprising:a mounting frame securable to said vehicular rack; a lock housing secured to said mounting frame, said lock housing supporting an upper guide and a lower guide; an elongate lock arm slidably mounted within said upper guide and said lower guide for sliding movement between a locked position and an unlocked position along an axis of said elongate lock arm between said upper guide and said lower guide and for rotation of said elongate lock arm about said axis; at least one lock element mounted to said elongate lock arm for movement therewith within said lock housing, said at least one lock element being sized for stopping engagement with said upper guide thereby limiting said sliding movement of said elongate lock arm in one direction, said at least one lock element being sized for stopping engagement with said lower guide thereby limiting said sliding movement of said elongate lock arm in an opposite direction; and at least one lock receptacle formed on said lock housing, said at least one lock receptacle being operable for receiving a locking member to thereby lock said ladder to said vehicular rack.