Patent Application
20210277718
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The disclosure relates to ladder safety devices and more particularly pertains to a new ladder safety device for securing a ladder in place.
The prior art relates to ladder safety devices.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a base foot having a base top side and a base bottom side. The base top side has a plurality of mounting apertures extending through the base bottom side. An extendable arm is coupled to the base foot. The arm comprises a lower portion pivotably coupled to the base top side and an upper portion adjustably coupled to the lower portion. An engagement hook is coupled to the extendable arm. The engagement hook has a flat portion pivotably coupled to the upper portion and a hooked portion extending from the flat portion. The hooked portion is configured to selectively engage a rung of a 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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There may be at least one foot cover 26 to be used rather than mounting hardware. Each foot cover 26 has a cover top side 28, a cover bottom side 30, a cover front end 32, and a cover back end 34. The cover front end 32 has a foot slot 36 extending towards the cover back end 34. The cover top side 28 may have a raised portion 38 adjacent the cover front end 32. The foot slot 36 extends within the raised portion 38 and is configured to receive the base foot 12. The cover bottom side 30 has a plurality of grips 40 extending therefrom to prevent slippage. The plurality of grips 40 may be one of a plurality of evenly spaced spikes 42, a plurality of continuous texture granules 44, or the like. Depending on the surface on which the foot cover 26 is being used the appropriate grips 40 may be selected.
An extendable arm 46 is coupled to the base foot 12. The arm 46 comprises a lower portion 48 pivotably coupled to a pair of base ears 49 of the base top side 14 and an upper portion 50 adjustably coupled to the lower portion 48. The lower portion 48 has an array of adjustment apertures 52 extending therethrough. The upper portion 50 is hollow and has an open bottom end 54 to slidingly receive the lower portion 48. The upper portion 50 has a pin housing 56 extending around a pin aperture 58 and a spring-loaded pin 60 coupled within the pin housing 56. The pin 60 has a shaft 62 and a pinhead 64. The pinhead 64 may be textured for improved grip. The shaft 62 selectively extends through the pin aperture 58 to engage one of the array of adjustment apertures 52 and secure the lower portion 48 in place.
An engagement hook 66 is coupled to the extendable arm 46. The engagement hook 66 has a flat portion 68 pivotably coupled to the upper portion 50 and a hooked portion 70 extending from the flat portion 68. The flat portion 68 has a pair of hook ears 72 coupled to the upper portion 50. The hooked portion 70 is configured to selectively engage a rung 74 of a ladder 76.
In use, the base foot 12 is secure to the ground or the wall 24, or the foot cover 26 is slid on to the base foot 12. The extendable arm 46 is then adjusted to the desired length and the hooked portion 70 of the engagement hook 66 is engaged with the rung 74 of the ladder to prevent the ladder 76 from slipping.
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.
