Patent ID: 8839906
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: E06C

Abstract:
1. For use with ladders having side rails spaced by a plurality of rungs, a stabilizer comprising: fixed upper, middle and lower elongated tubes extending in a width-wise direction and in a height-wise stack having rearmost portions defining a planar contact surface; sliding upper and lower elongated tubes disposed in said fixed upper and lower tubes, respectively, one of said sliding tubes having an end extending from one end of said stack and the other of said sliding tubes having an end extending from another end of said stack; fixed left and right elongated tubes extending in a depth-wise direction, said left and right tubes being fixed to said extending ends of their respective said sliding upper and lower elongated tubes; sliding left and right elongated tubes disposed in said fixed left and right elongated tubes, respectively, and extending forwardly therefrom; and means for locking each pair of said fixed and sliding tubes in one of at least two displacement positions.