Patent ID: 8616335

Claim:
A ladder securing apparatus to secure a ladder to a work surface, comprising: a. a bracket attachable to the ladder, wherein the bracket comprises a first flat plate, a second flat plate, a first sidewall extending inwardly from and perpendicular to the first flat plate, a second sidewall extending inwardly from and perpendicular to the second flat plate, and a bracket flange comprising a bracket flange opening, wherein the bracket flange comprises a first and second bracket flange wing, wherein the first bracket flange wing comprises a section of the second flat plate and the second bracket flange wing extends from the first sidewall parallel to the second plate, parallel to the first bracket flange wing and the second flat plate; b. a magnet mount comprising a magnet mount opening; c. a hingepin passing through the bracket flange opening and magnet mount opening to connect the bracket flange and magnet mount, wherein the hingepin is selectably adjustable to alter an angle formed between the bracket flange and magnet mount, and further wherein at least one of the bracket flange opening and magnet mount opening is an elongated slot, wherein the hingepin is selectably adjustable to slide the magnet mount toward or away from the bracket; d. a magnet attached to the magnet mount such that a magnetic surface of the magnet may extend outwardly from the bracket and magnet mount such that when the bracket is attached to the ladder the magnetic surface of the magnet may connect to the work surface; e. a cylindrical hingepin channel passing interior to and between the first and second bracket flange wings, wherein the hingepin also passes through the hingepin channel, and wherein at least one of the first and second bracket flange wings comprises the bracket flange opening and wherein the hingepin extends perpendicularly through the first and second bracket flange wings; f. a support wing extending from the second sidewall and parallel to the first bracket plate; and g. first and second bolts passing through the first and second bracket plates and thereby clamping the first and second bracket plates together, wherein the first bolt passes through the first and second bracket wings and through the first bracket plate, and the second bolt passes through the second bracket plate, the support wing, and the first bracket plate.