Patent ID: 8074769

Claim:
A device for aiding a user in transporting a load up and down a ladder assembly, the ladder assembly including a fly ladder slidably connected to a base ladder, each ladder including first and second spaced rails interconnected by a plurality of spaced rungs, comprising: a first base leg slideably engageable with a first side of the first rail of the base ladder; a first base arm pivotable between a first extended position wherein the first base arm is slideably engageable with a second side of the first rail of the base ladder so as to receive the first rail of the base ladder between the first base arm and the first base leg and a second retracted position; a first fly leg slideably engageable with a first side of the first rail of the fly ladder; a first fly arm pivotable between a first extended position wherein the first fly arm is slideably engageable with a second side of the first rail of the fly ladder so as to receive the first rail of the fly ladder between the first fly arm and the first fly leg and a second retracted position; a second base leg slideably engageable with a first side of the second rail of the base ladder; a second base arm pivotable between a first extended position wherein the second base arm is slideably engageable with a second side of the second rail of the base ladder so as to receive the second rail of the base ladder between the second base arm and the second base leg and a second retracted position; a second fly leg slideably engageable with a first side of the second rail of the fly ladder; and a second fly arm pivotable between a first extend position wherein the second fly arm is slideably engageable with a second side of the second rail of the fly ladder so as to receive the second rail of the fly ladder between the second fly arm and the second fly leg and a second retracted position.