Patent ID: 7686134
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: E04G,E06C

Abstract:
1. A ladder support assembly configured to support a ladder on stairs, said assembly including: a panel having a top side, a bottom side, a first end, a second end, a first lateral side and a second lateral side; a pair of lips, each of said lips being attached to and extending upwardly from said top side and each being coextensive with one of said first and second lateral sides; a vertical support being hingedly coupled to said bottom side and being positioned adjacent to said first end, said panel being substantially horizontally orientated when said vertical support is vertically orientated, said vertical support including a first leg and a second leg, each of said first and second legs having a bottom end and a top end, each of said top ends being hingedly coupled to said bottom side and each being positioned adjacent to one of said first and second lateral side, a planar base being attached to said bottom ends of said first and second legs, said base lying in a plane orientated perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said first leg, said base having an aperture extending through the base perpendicular to the plane of the base, a locking member being positioned on said panel and being configured to releasably lock said base to said second end of said panel wherein said first and second legs are extending along said bottom side of said panel, said locking member includes at least one pin positioned on one of said first and second lateral side and slidable along a longitudinal axis of said one of said first and second lateral side and being extendable through said aperture in said base when a plane of said base is orientated substantially perpendicular to a plane of said panel, said pin being orientated perpendicular to a plane of said base when said pin is extended through said base; and wherein said bottom side of said panel adjacent to said second end may be positioned on a step and said vertical support adjusted to horizontally orientate said panel.