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Safety attachment for ladder

US4770272A · kind A · utility

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18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 6, 1987
Grant dateSep 13, 1988
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 6, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE06C7/488
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A safety attachment for a ladder to permit the user of the attachment, when it is on the ladder, to be locked onto the ladder so that the user will be more positively connected to the ladder. The attachment includes a frame having hooks for removably coupling the frame to the rungs of a ladder. The frame has a pair of spaced cross-pieces or rods which allow one leg of the user to extend partially about one of the rods while the foot or shin of the leg engages the other of the rods.

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