Trade based component case and ladder bucket

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9850706-B2
Application number	US-201313901245-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 23, 2013
Priority date	Jun 7, 2006
Publication date	Dec 26, 2017
Grant date	Dec 26, 2017

Abstract

A ladder system includes a ladder having a ladder top, the ladder top having at least a first slot. A container having at least a first protrusion that engages with the first slot to hold the container to the top. A method for working from a ladder. The method includes the steps of filling a container with objects and engaging a first protrusion of the container with a first slot of a top of the ladder to hold a container to the top.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for working from a ladder comprising the steps of:
filling a container with objects, the container having a top with an opening which defines a container plane; and
engaging a first protrusion extending vertically with respect to the top of the container with a first slot extending vertically with respect to the ladder top to hold the container to the ladder top, the ladder top having a periphery and a front with a front facing edge and a rear in spaced relation to the front and essentially in parallel with the front, the front essentially in parallel and disposed over a front section of the ladder, the rear essentially in parallel and disposed over a rear section of the ladder, the ladder top having the first slot having an opening in the periphery disposed on the front facing edge, the front section having a plurality of rails and rungs and the rear section having a plurality of rails and rungs, the rails of the front section directly attached to the ladder top and the rails of the rear section directly attached to the ladder top, the periphery of the ladder top at the ladder top's top defining a ladder top plane, the container plane and the ladder top plane in alignment and alongside each other to define an overall plane when the first protrusion of the container is engaged with the first slot of ladder top, the plurality of rails of the front section including a right front rail, said right front rail is attached to an inside of a right flange of the ladder top, the right flange disposed between and attached to the front and the rear and extends down from the periphery, the plurality of rails of the rear section including a rear right rail, said rear right rail is attached to the inside of the right flange.

2. A method as described in claim 1 wherein the engaging step includes the step of engaging a second protrusion of the container with a second slot of the ladder top to hold the container to the ladder top.

3. A method as described in claim 2 including the step of carrying the container by its handle up the ladder.

4. A method as described in claim 3 wherein the container is a case, and there is the step of opening a first portion of the case to access the objects in a second portion of the case.

Assignees

• Astor Kyle G
• Glenn Ii Robert J
• Werner Co

Inventors

• Astor Kyle G
• Glenn Ii Robert J

Classifications

• Y10T29/49826

  Assembling or joining · CPC title

• E06C7/00 Primary

  Component parts, supporting parts, or accessories · CPC title

• E06C7/14 Primary

  Holders for pails or other equipment on or for ladders · CPC title