Patent · US Expired

Ladder positioning system

US6805221B1 · kind B1 · utility

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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 19, 2003
Grant dateOct 19, 2004
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 19, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE06C7/48
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A ladder has side rails with rungs and lower eye-bolts extending from the side rails. A bracket is couplable to a building to be painted or maintained with upper eye-bolts. A pair of turnbuckles have central sections, upper end sections and lower end sections. A pair of J-shaped hooks have lower ends. The lower ends are coupled to the upper ends of the turnbuckle. An upper hook-shaped end is removably coupled to an upper eye-bolt. A pair of short chains has upper ends threadedly coupled to the lower end of the turnbuckle. A lower hook-shaped end is removably coupled to a lower eye-bolt.

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