Patent ID: 6352135
Filing Date: 2002-03-05
Classification: E06C

Abstract:
An accessory device for installation on a ladder having hollow rungs extending through a pair of spaced apart rails, comprising:a holding arm configured for insertion within a hollow rung of a ladder, said holding arm defining a passage therethrough; a ratchet assembly disposed in one end of said holding arm; a first holding device for holding painting supplies having a shaft extending therefrom, said shaft including an open end and an engagement member configured to removably engage said ratchet assembly, whereby an operation of said shaft causes an incremental movement of said first holding device; and a second holding device including an accessory tray having a base and at least one side wall extending upwardly from said base, said second holding device having an elongate shaft extending from said at least one side wall adapted to be selectively inserted into said holding arm through said ratchet assembly at said one end or through an end of said holding arm opposite said ratchet assembly, said elongate shaft having a free end dimensioned for insertion into said open end of said shaft of said first holding device when said elongate shaft is inserted into said holding arm through said end opposite said ratchet assembly such that a movement of either said shaft or said elongate shaft causes a simultaneous movement of said first and second holding devices, said elongate shaft having an engagement member intermediate said free end and said at least one side wall adapted to engage said ratchet assembly when said shaft of said first holding device is removed from said one end of said holding arm and said elongate shaft is inserted into said holding arm through said one end such that a movement of said elongate shaft causes a movement of said second holding device.