Patent ID: 6824115
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: E06C

Abstract:
A tray holding device for mounting to a D-rung ladder having hollow rungs extending through a pair of spaced apart rails, said hollow rungs having outwardly facing D-shaped openings at the ends of the rung cavity, said tray holding device comprising, in combination:a shaft and tray device, adapted for mounting on said ladder, being a unitary structure from a material selected from a group consisting of a thermoplastic and a reinforced thermoplastic, said shaft and tray device, in turn, comprising: a shaft portion for, upon mounting to said ladder, slidably engaging the inner wall of said rungs cavity; a tray portion contiguous with and attached to said shaft, and, when installed in said ladder in an operative position, said tray portion extending outwardly and substantially horizontally from one side thereof; and a tray support portion depending from said tray portion and undergirding said tray portion to increase the load capacity thereof; a raised edge portion about and arising from the perimeter of said tray portion and adjacent juncture with said shaft; a hand grip portion in said raised edge portion, upon mounting said holding device into said rung cavity, adapted to rest against said rail of said ladder; said shaft portion is in cross-section configured to be inscribed within the D-shape of said D-shaped openings of said hollow rungs, said shaft slidably engaging both the flat side of said D-shape and the curved side of said D-shape; and a raised edge portion about and arising from the perimeter of said tray portion and adjacent said shaft; a hand grip opening in said raised edge portion, upon mounting said holding device into said rung cavity, said hand grip opening adapted to rest against said rail of said ladder; said shaft portion has a cross-section configured to be inscribed within the D-shape of said D-shaped openings of said hollow rungs, said shaft slidably engaging both the flat side of said D-shape and the curved side of said D-shape.