Patent ID: 8201661

Claim:
A platform system for supporting a load, said platform system comprising: a plate member having a substantially planar top surface and bottom surface adapted to engage a pair of rails on each of a first stage and a second stage of the extension ladder and become wedged therebetween and to remain parallel to the ground when said plate member rests on a rung of the extension ladder; said plate member having at least six sides, a first side having a first bottom cutout oppositely disposed to a second side having a second bottom cutout, a third side having a first middle cutout oppositely disposed to a fourth side having a second middle cutout and a fifth side having a first top cutout oppositely disposed to a sixth side having a second top cutout and; each said cutout relating to various positions along a length of the extension ladder; and wherein the first and second bottom cutouts are defined by an edge of the plate member extending between the top surface and the bottom surface of the plate member formed at a non-perpendicular angle relative to the top and bottom surfaces allowing the plate member to be parallel to the ground when engaged with the extension ladder leaning against a wall.