Patent Application
20220081972
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The disclosure relates to stabilization devices and more particularly pertains to a new stabilization device for inhibiting a ladder from tipping laterally.
The prior art relates to stabilization devices including a pair of brackets that is each coupled to a respective leg of a ladder and to inhibit the ladder from tipping laterally. The prior art discloses a variety of ladder stabilizers that include a pair of arms that angle away from respective legs of a ladder for stabilizing the ladder. Additionally, the prior art discloses a ladder stabilizer that comprises a panel and a pair of sockets on the panel that each receive a leg of a ladder for stabilizing the ladder. The prior art discloses a variety of ladder stabilizers that includes telescopic legs that are extendable laterally away from a ladder for stabilizing the ladder.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a pair of eyebolts that can each be attached to a respective leg of a ladder. A tube is insertable through each of the eyebolts such that the tube is oriented to extend along a horizontal axis. In this way the tube is aligned with a support surface on which the ladder is standing to inhibit the ladder from tipping laterally.
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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A plurality of washers 24 is provided and each of the washers 24 is positionable around the screw 18 of a respective one of the eyebolts 12 when the stem of the respective eyebolt 12 is extended through the respective leg 14 of the ladder 16. A plurality of nuts 26 is provided and each of the nuts 26 is threadable onto the screw 18 of a respective one of the eyebolts 12 when the screw 18 of the respective eyebolt 12 is extended through the respective leg 14 of the ladder 16. In this way each of the nuts 26 can retain the respective eyebolt 12 on the respective leg 14.
A tube 28 is provided and the tube 28 is insertable through each of the eyebolts 12 such that the tube 28 is oriented to extend along a horizontal axis. In this way the tube 28 rests against a support surface 30 on which the ladder 16 is positioned to inhibit the ladder 16 from tipping laterally. The tube 28 has a first end 32, a second end 34 and an outer surface 36 extending therebetween, and the outer surface 36 has a plurality of intersecting sides 38 such that the tube 28 has a rectangular shape. Each of the intersecting members 22 of the eye on each of the eyebolts 12 abuts a respective one of the intersecting sides 38 of the outer surface 36 when the tube 28 is extended through the eyebolts 12. Additionally, each of the first end 32 and the second end 34 is open. A pair of caps 40 is provided and each of the caps 40 is removably attachable to a respective one of the first end 32 and the second end 34 of the tube 28. Each of the caps 40 may have a rectangular shape to conform to the profile of the tube 28.
A pair of clips 42 is provided and each of the clips 42 is attached to a respective leg 14 of the ladder 16. The clips 42 are spaced apart from each other on the respective leg 14 and each of the clips 42 includes a pair of arms 44 that are spaced apart from each other such that the tube 28 can be positioned between the arms 44 to store the tube 28 in the clips 42. Additionally, the arms 44 on each of the clips 42 are biased toward each other for releasably retaining the tube 28 in the clips 42. Each of the clips 42 may be attached to the respective leg 14 with fasteners such as nuts and bolts or the like.
In use, each of the eyebolts 12 is fastened to the respective leg 14 of the ladder 16 and the tube 28 is extended through each of the eyebolts 12. In this way the tube 28 is horizontally oriented and extends along the support surface 30. Thus, the ladder 16 is inhibited from tipping over laterally when the ladder 16 is being climbed. In this way the tube 28 enhances safety for a user when the user is climbing the ladder 16. The tube 28 is removable from the eyebolts 12 when the ladder 16 is not being used.
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.
