Patent ID: 6805221
Filing Date: 2004-10-19
Classification: E06C

Abstract:
A ladder positioning system for safely and efficiently supporting a user while maintaining a building comprising, in combination:a ladder having generally vertically positionable elongated parallel side rails with horizontally positionable spaced rungs there between connecting the side rails, the side rails having pairs of lower eye-bolts extending outwardly from the side rails laterally aligned with the rungs adjacent to most of the rungs at the upper extent of the ladder, the ladder and the side rails having an upper end and a lower end and an intermediate extent there between; end caps removably positionable over the lower ends of the side rails, each end cap and the lower end of each side rail having aligned horizontal apertures with a removable pin for securement purposes, each end cap also having a stake extending downwardly to abate lateral slippage of the end caps, side rails and ladder; an inverted L-shaped bracket couplable at an essentially common height to a building to be maintained, the L-shaped bracket having an upper plate with bolts there through attachable to an upper extent of a building to be maintained, the L-shaped bracket having a lower vertical section with upper eye-bolts attachable to a horizontal extent of a building to be maintained with a spacer creating a space between the vertical section and a horizontal extent; an L-shaped cover with an upstanding resilient finger removably positionable in the space between the vertical section of the L-shaped bracket, the L-shaped cover having a horizontal extent and a vertical extent for covering the inverted L-shaped bracket and upper eye-bolts when not in use and for exposing the inverted L-shaped bracket and upper eye-bolts when in use; a pair of turnbuckles, each turnbuckle having a central section of a variable length and an upper end section and a lower end section, a pair of J-shaped hooks, each J-shaped hook having a lower end threadedly coupled to the upper end of the turnbuckle and an upper hook-shaped end removably coupled to an upper eye-bolt, a pair of short chains, each short chain having an upper end threadedly coupled to the lower end of the turnbuckle and a lower hook-shaped end removably coupled to a lower eye-bolt for securing the ladder to a building during use; a strap having a central section positionable around the back of a user, the strap also having opposed ends with hooks, the hooks being removably coupled to a pair of lower eye-bolts above the pair of lower eye-bolts coupled to the turnbuckles for securing a user to the ladder during use; a pair of asymmetrical turnbuckles for use in maintaining a building when the inverted L-shaped brackets have associated upper eye-bolts at varying heights at an end of a house, each asymmetrical turnbuckle having a central section of a variable length and an upper end section and a lower end section, a pair of alternate J-shaped hooks, one alternate J-shaped hook being elongated and one alternate J-shaped hook being not elongated, each alternate J-shaped hook having a lower end threadedly coupled to the upper end of the asymmetrical turnbuckle and an upper hook-shaped end removably coupled to an upper eye-bolt, a pair of short chains, each short chain having an upper end threadedly coupled to the lower end of the asymmetrical turnbuckle and a lower hook-shaped end removably coupled to a lower eye-bolt for securing the ladder to a building during use; and a horizontal rail securable to an upper extent of a building to be maintained with a coupler assembly removably joining the ladder to the rail, the coupler assembly having an upper section with rotatable wheels riding in the rail for shifting the ladder during use, alignable apertures extending through the wheels and rail and a pin removably received within the alignable apertures, the coupler assembly having a lower section with a with a pivotal clamp for removable securement to a rung of the ladder with a hinge between the upper and lower sections to allow limited tipping of the ladder, and a height adjusting turnbuckle between the pivotal clamp and the hinge.