Patent ID: 8047330

Claim:
A telescoping ladder jack adapted to support a scaffolding plank, said telescoping ladder jack comprising: a main member; a telescoping beam including a plurality of longitudinally spaced holes on each of a plurality of sides of said telescoping beam and adapted to be inserted into or extracted from said main member; a telescoping beam locking mechanism mounted to said main member and adapted to be inserted into one of said longitudinally spaced holes to fix said telescoping beam at a desired length extracted from said main member; a plurality of ladder rung hooks attached to a first bracket, said first bracket receiving and being pivotally attached to said main member and having one of said ladder rung hooks attached to each opposing end of said first bracket; a device for adjusting incline including a second bracket mounted to a bottom of said main member, said second bracket including at least one series of recessed locking joints, and a bracing arm movably fastened to said second bracket by a locking pin oriented through a first end of said bracing arm and pivotally mounted to said first bracket at a second end of said bracing arm; and a scaffolding plank securing mechanism including a third bracket mounted to a distal end of said telescoping beam and an adjustable pin that fits into one of said plurality of longitudinally spaced holes in said telescoping beam by passing through a slot in a top of said main member, wherein said slot extends substantially the length of said main member and the scaffolding plank is secured between said third bracket and adjustable pin to said telescoping beam and main member.