Patent ID: 8191685

Claim:
A folding ladder comprising: a. a pair of front support members, wherein each front support member has a top end and a bottom end, wherein the front support members are parallel to one another, and wherein each front support member comprises: (i) an inside side; (ii) a front side connected at a 90 degree angle to the inside side; (iii) an outer side extending at from a 95 degree angle to a 120 degree angle from the front side; (iv) a back side connected at a 90 degree angle to the inside side; and (v) a plurality of grooves on the inside side of the pair of front support members, wherein each groove comprises: (a) a groove bottom end; and (b) a groove top end formed in each inside side, wherein each groove bottom end of the first front support member is horizontally aligned with each groove top end of the second front support member; b. a plurality of front fastener holes disposed in the front side aligned with a plurality of back fastener holes in the back side; c. a pair of non-parallel back support members, wherein each back support member has a back top end and a back bottom end, and wherein the pair of non-parallel back support members are spaced apart in an increasing distance along the length of the back support member, and wherein each back support member comprises: (i) a back support member front side; (ii) a back support member inside with a channel; (iii) a back support member outer side; and (iv) a back support member back side, wherein the back support member inside forms a flush engagement with the front support member outer side; d. a plurality of pivot means, wherein each pivot means is disposed centrally through each back top end and extending from each back top end to an off center position in each front support top end; e. a plurality of rungs, wherein each rung is rotatably supported between the front support members with a pair of fasteners, with each fastener positioned in a front aligned fastener hole with a back aligned fastener hole, and wherein each rung pivotably connects the groove bottom end of one of the first support member grooves with a groove top of each of the second front support member grooves, and when the folding ladder is in the folded position, the rungs fold into the sequentially positioned grooves of at least one of the front support members; f. a pair of locking spreader bars, wherein each locking spreader bar foldably engages a front support member to a back support member; g. a pair of pivotable cross braces, wherein each pivotable cross brace has a first brace end secured to the back support member outer side proximate to the back top end, and a second brace end secured to the back support member towards the back bottom end, forming an X proximate to a midpoint between the back support members; and h. a plurality of recessed magnets for supporting the pivoting cross braces and for allowing portions of the folding ladder to compactly and securely engage each other.