Patent ID: 7743887

Claim:
A method for securely transporting a first ladder which defines a first plane for climbing and at least a second ladder which defines a second plane for climbing comprising the steps of: inserting a first side rail having a flange with a tip of the first ladder into a first portion having a first leg with a hook and a second leg of a clip such that the first side rail of the first ladder is removably held thereby and a second portion of the first clip extends from the first side rail essentially perpendicular to the climbing plane of the first ladder; inserting a second side rail having a flange with a tip of the second ladder into the second portion having third and fourth legs of the clip such that the second side rail of the second ladder is removably held thereby, said second portion and said first portion of said clip having a common support element, said first portion defines a hooking engagement with the first side rail and said second portion defines a receiving engagement with the second side rail, said first and second portion opening from opposite sides of said support element, respectively, which conform to the outer surface of the flange of the respective side rail that it receives for removably and frictionally holding the respective side rails in a self-gripping and form-fitting manner, the hook has a first part which is curved toward the support element and a second part which extends from the first part essentially perpendicularly towards a center of the first rail, the hook contacts and extends along and holds an inner surface of the first side rail flange, the hook self-gripping, contacting and enveloping the tip and the flange; and moving the ladders, with the clip holding and maintaining the first and second rails adjacent to each other so that no damage is possible to the ladders by relative movement of the rails and the ladders are maintained adjacent each other while the ladders are being transported.