Patent ID: 8602162

Claim:
A safety ladder, comprising: at least one first rail having a front, a rear, a lower end portion, an upper end portion opposite the lower end portion, and a medial portion; at least one second rail having a front, a rear, a lower end portion, an upper end portion opposite the lower end portion, and a medial portion, the second rail being spaced apart from and parallel to the first rail, the rear of each of the at least one first rail and the at least one second rail being adapted for facing a surface upon which the safety ladder leans; a plurality of spaced apart rungs connecting the first rail and the second rail to one another, the rungs, the first rail, and the second rail defining a ladder plane; a first lower lateral stabilizer leg selectively extending from the first end portion of the first rail, parallel to the ladder plane, wherein the first lower lateral stabilizer leg is directly pivotally secured to the side of the first rail; a second lower lateral stabilizer leg selectively extending from the first end portion of the second rail, parallel to the ladder plane, wherein the second lower lateral stabilizer leg is directly pivotally secured to the side of the second rail; a first forward stabilizer leg selectively extending forwardly from, and being directly pivotally secured to, the front of the first end portion of the first rail, orthogonal to the ladder plane, said first forward stabilizer leg being rotatable in, and limited in rotation in, a forwardly extending plane orthogonal to the ladder plane, wherein said first forward stabilizer leg is collapsible against the front of the first end portion of the first rail; and a second forward stabilizer leg selectively extending forwardly from, and being directly pivotally secured to, the front of the first end portion of the second rail, orthogonal to the ladder plane, said second forward stabilizer leg being rotatable in, and limited in rotation in, the forwardly extending plane orthogonal to the ladder plane, wherein said second forward stabilizer leg is collapsible against the front of the first end portion of the second rail, further comprising: a first folding guardrail selectively extending from the medial portion of the first rail, wherein the first folding guardrail is directly pivotally attached to the front of the first rail; and a second folding guardrail selectively extending from the medial portion of the second rail, wherein the second folding guardrail is directly pivotally attached to the front of the second rail.