Patent ID: 8181925

Claim:
A paint can holding assembly, said assembly being configured to be releasably mounted on a pair of parallel supports of a ladder, the supports of the ladder each having a rear edge and a forward edge being angled between 55° and 80° upwardly from a horizontal surface when the ladder is positioned in an upright position supported by the horizontal surface, said assembly including: a panel having a front side, a back side, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge; a pair of support engagement members each being attached to said panel, one of said support engagement members being positioned adjacent to said first lateral edge and one of said support engagement members being positioned adjacent to said second lateral edge, each of said support engagement members being configured to releasably engage one of the supports of the ladder; a receiving wall configured for supporting a paint can being attached to and extending outwardly from said front side, said receiving wall having an upper surface orientated perpendicular to said front side, said support engagement members being configured to engage the supports of the ladder at an angle to retain said receiving wall in an approximately horizontal orientation; wherein each of said support engagement members comprises; an arm being attached to said front side adjacent to a corresponding one of said first or second lateral edges, said arm having a distal edge with respect to said panel, said distal edge being configured to be abutted against the rearward edge of the parallel support of the ladder, said arm having an upper edge and a lower edge; and a leg including an attached end and a free end, said attached end being hingedly coupled to said panel adjacent to a corresponding one of said first or second lateral edges, said leg having a bend therein positioned between said attached end and said free end, a catch being defined by a portion of said leg between said bend and said free end, wherein a receiving space is defined between said catch and said distal edge configured to removably receive one of the supports to retain said panel on the ladder, said leg being movable between a closed position and an open position, said leg extending perpendicularly away from said front side and forming said receiving space when said leg is in said closed position, said leg extending laterally away from said panel when said leg is in said open position.