Patent ID: 8511430

Claim:
A ladder containment and lock device, comprising, in combination: a jack plate mount having a right surface and a left surface with a plate end and a ladder mount end, the right surface having a pair of locking threaded bolt holes therein, the ladder mount end having a rightwardly angled recess therein; a ladder containment piece having an upper surface and a lower surface and a side surface and an inner surface, the inner surface of the ladder containment piece having a recess therein, the side surface of the ladder containment piece having a pair of ladder mount bolt holes there through; a locking subassembly being operatively coupled to the ladder containment piece, the locking subassembly comprising a locking pin and a biasing spring; a two piece bushing having a right component and a left component, the left bushing component having a top surface and a left wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, the left bushing component having a recess therein, with the recess being angled rightwardly relative to the top surface of the bushing, the right bushing component having a top surface and a right wall with the right wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, the right bushing component having a recess therein, with the recess being angled rightwardly relative to the top surface of the bushing, the right bushing component recess having a locking pin aperture there through, the two piece bushing being contained within the recesses of the jack plate mount and ladder containment piece; and, a pair of bolts being configured to couple the jack plate mount and ladder containment piece together, thereby forming an angled passageway there through.