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The disclosure relates to caddy devices and more particularly pertains to a new caddy device for storing tools and objects on a folding ladder.
The prior art relates to caddy devices.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a box that has a sloped side that is positionable against a back set of legs of a folding ladder when the folding ladder is deployed. A mount is coupled to the box and the mount comprises a leg and a foot. The leg rests on a top step of the ladder for retaining the box on the ladder. The foot rests against a front set of legs of the ladder to inhibit the box from sliding away from the ladder. A pair of stops is each coupled to the box. Each of the stops abuts against the back legs of the ladder thereby inhibiting the box from sliding laterally off of the ladder.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The top wall 22 has a plurality of apertures 34 each extending into the interior of the box 12 to insertably receive an elongated tool, such as a screwdriver or the like, for storage. Each of the apertures 34 is positioned between the first lateral side 28 of the outer wall 24 and the primary opening 32. The top wall 22 has a plurality of the secondary openings 36 each extending into the interior of the box 12 to insertably receive an elongated tool for storage. Each of the secondary openings 36 is positioned between the first lateral side 28 of the outer wall 24 and the primary opening 32. Additionally, each of the secondary openings 36 is elongated and may have a rectangular shape.
The sloped side 14 angles outwardly between the basal wall 20 and the top wall 22 such that the top wall 22 has a width that is greater than a width of the basal wall 20. The box 12 includes pair of wings 38 and each of the wings 38 extends away from a respective one of the first lateral side 28 and the second lateral side 30 of the outer wall 24 of the box 12. Each of the wings 38 is aligned with the top wall 22 of the box 12 and each of the wings 38 has a top surface 40 and a bottom surface 42. Additionally, each of the wings 38 has a slot 44 extending through the top surface 40 and the bottom surface 42 for gripping each of the wings 38.
A pair of dividers 46 is provided and each of the dividers 46 is removably positionable in the box 12 for defining a plurality of compartments 48 in the box 12. Each of the dividers 46 has a front edge 50 and a back edge 52. The front edge 50 of each of the dividers 46 slidably engages a respective engagement 54 on an inside surface 56 of the front side 26 of the outer wall 24 of the box 12. The back edge 52 of each of the dividers 46 slidably engages a respective engagement 57 on an inside surface 58 of the sloped side 14 of the outer wall 24 of the box 12.
A mount 60 is coupled to the box 12 and the mount 60 comprises a leg 62 and a foot 64. The leg 62 rests on a top step 61 of the folding ladder 18 for retaining the box 12 on the folding ladder 18. The foot 64 angles away from the leg 62 and the foot 64 rests against a front set of legs 66 of the folding ladder 18. In this way the mount 60 inhibits the box 12 from sliding away from the folding ladder 18. The foot 64 slants away from the sloped side 14 of the outer wall 24 of the box 12. The leg 62 has an upper surface 68 and the upper surface 68 has a well 70 extending downwardly therein for storing objects.
A pair of magnets 72 is each coupled to the leg 62 of the mount 60. Each of the magnets 72 magnetically engages metallic objects, such as nails, screws or other loose objects, for storage. Each of the magnets 72 is positioned on the upper surface 68 of the leg 62. Additionally, each of the magnets 72 is positioned on opposite sides of the well 70 from each other.
A pair of stops 74 is provided and each of the stops 74 is coupled to the box 12. Each of the stops 74 is positioned on the sloped side 14 of the box 12. Additionally, each of the stops 74 abuts against the back legs 66 of the folding ladder 18 thereby inhibiting the box 12 from sliding laterally off of the folding ladder 18. Each of the stops 74 is positioned on an outer surface 76 of the sloped side 14 and each of the stops 74 extends between the basal wall 20 of the box 12 and the leg 62 of the mount 60. Each of the stops 74 is positioned adjacent to a respective one of the first lateral side 28 and the second lateral side 30 of the outer wall 24 of the box 12.
In use, the box 12 and the mount 60 are positioned on top of the folding ladder 18 when the folding ladder 18 is deployed. Thus, tools and other objects can be stored on top of the folding ladder 18. Additionally, each of the stops 74 inhibits the box 12 and the mount 60 from sliding laterally off of the folding ladder 18. Nails, screws or other loose metallic objects can be stored on each of the magnets 72 thereby inhibiting the nails, screws or other loose objects from rolling off of the folding ladder 18.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
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