Patent ID: 9085937
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: B25B,E06C

Abstract:
1. A ladder stabilizing device configured to stabilize a ladder relative to a gutter secured adjacent to an edge of a building, the gutter having a gutter web which has a top edge formed into a horizontal bead, the ladder having two parallel side rails connected by rungs, said ladder stabilizing device comprising: a) a portable jaw mounting body having two lateral sides joined about a vertical joint; b) first and second jaw members extending towards a front of the jaw mounting body, said second jaw member being movable relative to the first jaw member between an open configuration and a closed configuration, such that the first and second jaw members are configured to be spaced farther apart from one another while in the open configuration than while in the closed configuration, the jaw mounting body of the ladder stabilizing device being configured to be positioned over the bead of the gutter so that the web of the gutter is accommodated between the first and second jaw members as the first and second jaw members are moved from the open configuration to the closed configuration resulting in clamping the ladder stabilizing device onto the web of the gutter; c) a guide bolt directly attached to the first jaw member, the guide bolt passing through a guide slot along said vertical joint such that the guide bolt is configured to slide to one selected position of a plurality of positions located along said guide slot, thereby adjusting a vertical position of the first jaw when in use on the gutter; d) a handle operatively connected to the second jaw member and configured to pivot the second jaw member between the open and closed configurations, the handle being pivotally connected to the jaw mounting body at a first axis, the second jaw member being pivotally connected to the jaw mounting body at a second axis spaced from the first axis, and the handle having a trigger release mechanism comprising a locking lug releasably engaged with a shouldered aperture in the jaw mounting body to releasably lock the handle to the jaw mounting body and the jaws in the closed configuration; and e) a fixed length locking bar extending through upper ends of the lateral sides of the jaw mounting body, the locking bar movable in a lateral direction with respect to the jaw mounting body such that the locking bar moves through the jaw mounting body to enable the locking bar to be extended on each side of the jaw mounting body to engage one of the side rails of the ladder and secure the ladder stabilizing device to the ladder, the locking bar comprising an adjustment mechanism configured to adjustably secure the locking bar at a selected locking bar position along the lateral direction, and the locking bar having a spring loaded mounting assembly configured to adjustably raise and lower the locking bar with respect to a direction orthogonal to the lateral direction.