Patent ID: 7100740

Claim:
A boat cleaning ladder for use on a boat trailer rail having a boat trailer rail width and a boat trailer rail depth, the boat cleaning ladder comprising: a hook dimensioned and configured to physically engage with such boat trailer rail when clipped thereto, an A-frame step ladder having a first riser member and a second riser member both having a top and a foot, said hook being non-movably fixed to the foot of the first riser member for supporting the A-frame step ladder on the boat trailer rail in a cantilever manner, the first and second riser members having a mutual connection to each other at their tops, a first step attached to the second riser member at approximately the foot of the second riser and a second step attached to the second riser member at approximately the top of the second riser member, wherein the connection comprises a hinge member allowing the two riser members to assume first and second positions relative to each other, wherein in the first position the two riser members subtend an angle to each other, and in the second position the two riser members are substantially parallel, a base member having a first end having a first attachment to the hook and having a second end having a second attachment to the foot of the second riser member, a lock comprising a first hole through the base member and a second hole through the second riser member, and a lock pin disposed through the first and second holes to maintain the two riser members in the first position.