Patent ID: 8033362
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: E06C

Abstract:
1. A paint tray caddy for use with an existing ladder, said paint tray caddy comprising: a tray, further comprising: a frame having a lower end connected to said tray, further comprising: a plurality of coextensively shaped hanging tubes attached directly to a top surface of said proximal ends of said upper arms, said tubes being statically connected horizontally in a side-by-side sequence along respective longitudinal lengths of each of said hanging tubes, each of said tubes having a longitudinal length registered parallel to an associated one of said tubes and further having said respective longitudinal lengths registered at a right angle to said respective longitudinal lengths of said upper arms, said tubes being spaced from said tray and further being oriented above a center region of said tray; a pair of pivot ears integrally attached to axially opposed ends of a selected one of said tubes, said pivot ears extending away from said selected tube along a horizontal plane and toward said respective distal ends of said upper arms; a pair of locking plates pivotally attached to said pivot ears, each of said locking plates having a plurality of openings formed therein and equidistantly spaced therealong, each of said openings having a diameter that is equal to a diameter of each of said tubes such that said openings of a selected locking plate are selectively pivotally aligned with each of said hanging tubes; an elongated first stop member integrally attached to said respective bottom surfaces of said upper arms, said first stop member having a longitudinal length registered perpendicular to said respective longitudinal lengths of said upper arms, said first stop member being located between said tubes and said respective distal ends of said upper arms respectively; a rectilinear second stop member integrally attached to said respective bottom surfaces of said upper arms, said second stop member having a longitudinal length registered perpendicular to said respective longitudinal lengths of said upper arms, said second stop member being located subjacent of said tubes and spaced from said first stop member; a first dowel rod having axially opposed and threaded proximal and distal ends respectively, said proximal end of said first dowel rod being removably interfitted within a selected one of said plurality of tubes, said proximal end of said first dowel rod being threadably interfitted within a desired opening of said locking plate when said first dowel rod is removably interfitted within said selected tube; a cylindrical adapter having a threaded inner surface, said adapter having a diameter that is greater than a diameter of said first dowel rod such that said distal end of said first dowel rod is threadably interfitted within said adapter; a second dowel rod having axially opposed and threaded proximal and distal ends respectively, said proximal end of said second dowel rod being simultaneously and threadably interfitted within said adapter when said distal end of said first dowel rod is threadably interfitted within said adapter; and, an end cap attached to said distal end of said second dowel rod; and, means for securing said tray to said frame; wherein said first and second dowel rods respectively are removably interfitted within a hollow cavity of a selected ladder rung of said ladder, said first and second dowel rods respectively maintaining said frame and said tray respectively in a stable position and spaced from said ladder; and, wherein said end cap is providing a lateral safety stopping means to the second dowel rod so as to stop said second dowel rod from disconnecting from the ladder rung.