Patent ID: 8776948

Claim:
A ladder safety system comprising: a) a rail jack comprising: i) an upper rung bracket and a lower rung bracket, each of the rung brackets adapted to fit over a rung of a ladder; ii) a vertical post rigidly connected to both the upper rung bracket and the lower rung bracket such that the rung brackets are positioned and spaced to simultaneously fit over rungs of the ladder; and iii) a safety rail support member attached directly to said vertical post, wherein said safety rail support member holds a safety rail within about 6 inches of the ladder; and, b) a ladder security bracket consisting of: i) a transverse member having a first end and an opposed second end; ii) a first lateral stop member having a first end and an opposed second end and connected at said first end of the first lateral stop member to the first end of said transverse member so that said first lateral stop member extends in a direction away from said transverse member; iii) a second lateral stop member, of identical length to said first lateral stop member, having a first end and an opposed second end and connected at said first end of the second lateral stop member to the second end of said transverse member, wherein said second lateral stop member is parallel to said first lateral stop member and extends in the same direction as said first lateral stop member from said transverse member; iv) a first mounting member having one or more apertures therein and connected to the second end of said first lateral stop member, wherein said first mounting member is parallel to said transverse member and extends in an opposite direction as said transverse member from said first lateral stop member; and v) a second mounting member having one or more apertures therein and connected to the second end of said second lateral stop member, wherein said second mounting member is parallel to said transverse member and to said first mounting member and extends in an opposite direction as said transverse member from said second lateral stop member; wherein said ladder security bracket can be placed over at least one rail of the ladder when the ladder is leaning against a structure such that said mounting members contact the structure, at least one rail of the ladder is positioned between the lateral stop members, and at least one rail of the ladder is positioned between the structure and the transverse member.