Patent ID: 6729441
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: E06C

Abstract:
An apparatus for providing a safety member above the top rung of a conventional ladder, the ladder having a plurality of rungs disposed between a pair of side rails, the safety member for being placed against an object, consisting of:a) an elongated, flexible bearing strap, said strap having a first and second end; b) a retention bracket formed on each of said first and second ends, each bracket extending around a side rail and terminating in a foot resting against an inner surface of said strap between said side rails; c) a first pair of fasteners for connection of said retention brackets to the side rails; d) a second pair of fasteners, one through each foot for connection of each foot of said bracket to said strap; e) a self-centering non-skid pad mounted on an outer surface of said strap, located centrally between said side rails and having a concave surface for resting, against said object; f) a central fastener passing through a central aperture of said strap through said pad into the object against which the ladder is placed to permit attachment of said strap to the object, a surface of said pad adapted to be in contact with said object having being a none skid surface.