Patent ID: 8851234

Claim:
An apparatus for carrying a ladder having a ladder rail, the apparatus comprising: a base; a handle connected to the base; fingers spaced from one another on the base and generally extending away from the handle and having hooked ends; a compressible biasing member on the base at least partially extending toward the hooked ends to bias the ladder rail against the hooked ends when the fingers are placed around the ladder rail; wherein the compressible biasing member is a first spring connected to a side of the base that is surrounded by the fingers; wherein the handle has a first end and a second end with a gripping portion extending between the first end and the second end; a second spring spaced from the first spring and connected to the base on the side of the base; a first fastener fastening the first spring to the base; a second fastener fastening the second spring to the base; and wherein the first fastener extends through the base and into the first end of the handle and the second fastener extends through the base and into the second end of the handle to also fasten the handle to the base; wherein the fingers are configured to clip onto the ladder rail so that the ladder rail extends between the springs and the hooked ends, and configured to have the springs bias the ladder rail against the hooked ends to secure the apparatus to the ladder rail.