Wedge ladder leveler

• US 10,662,707 B2
• Filed: 04/27/2017
• Issued: 05/26/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Peter Koeman IV
• Original Assignee: Peter Koeman IV
• Inventors: Koeman, IV, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Cahn, Daniel P
• Application Number:
  US15/498,500
• Publication Number:
  US 20180313152A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,125 Days
• Field of Search: 182203, 182121
• CPC Class Codes: E06C 7/44 Means for mounting ladders on uneven ground

Abstract

A ladder placement leveling device is easily stored for transport and used by firefighters to quickly and effectively level a fire service ladder put in service on uneven ground. The device is mounted for transport and storage to a ladder and does not impede use of an attached ladder when the device is attached to the ladder a storage positioned. The device includes a wedge, a strap and an assembly for attaching and looping the strap around a ladder rung. One element of the assembly forms a detachable attachment to the wedge. The assembly attaches to the wedge at each end of the detachably formed strap loop.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

a ladder having at least a first ladder rung and a second ladder rung;

a body comprising a top side, a ground side, a ladder side, and a bottom side;

the ground side extending from the top side, the ground side forming a substantially planar ground surface;

the ladder side extending from the top side, the ladder side forming a substantially planar ladder surface, and the ladder surface oriented at an acute angle in relation to the ground surface proximate to the top side;

the bottom side positioned distally from the top side and between the ground side and the ladder side;

a strap assembly having a strap having a fixed end and a detaching end, and the strap presenting a length extending between the fixed end and the detaching end that enables the strap assembly in combination with the top side to encircle the first ladder rung, wherein the fixed end is attached to the ground side proximate to the top side and the detaching end is detachably attachable to the ladder side proximate to the top side;

a snap assembly for detachably attaching the detaching end of the strap to the ladder side comprising a strap snap and a body snap, the strap snap attached to the strap detaching end and the body snap attached to the ladder side of the body proximate to the top side, wherein the strap snap and the body snap are adapted to detachably couple; and

a semi-circular cut-out formed in the bottom side, the cut-out shaped to fit around the second ladder rung.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein the snap assembly further comprises a second strap snap and a second body snap, the second strap snap attached to the strap detaching end and the second body snap attached to the ladder side of the body proximate to the top side, wherein the second strap snap and the second body snap are adapted to detachably couple.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the strap is sized, shaped and positioned to wrap around the first ladder rung while the cut-out is positioned around the second ladder rung.

4. The device of claim 2, wherein the strap is permanently attached to the ground side.

5. The device of claim 2, wherein the strap is detachably coupled to the ladder side.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein an inner arc of the cut-out is less than semi-circular.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the ground side is planar.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the ladder side is planar.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the ground side is planar.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein the ladder surface forms a groove extending in depth toward the ground side.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein a groove extends along an entire elongate length of the ladder side.

12. The device of claim 1, wherein a groove of the ladder side extends toward the top side and is oriented at an acute angle in relation to the ground side at the top side.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the groove is planar.

14. The device of claim 12, wherein an inner arc of the cut-out is less than semi-circular.

15. The device of claim 12, wherein the ground side is planar.

16. The device of claim 12, wherein the groove is planar.

17. The device of claim 16, wherein the ground side is planar.

18. The device of claim 1, wherein the acute angle formed between the ladder side and the ground side is less than 45 degrees.

19. The device of claim 1, wherein the acute angle formed between the ladder side and the ground side is less than 30 degrees.

20. A device comprising:

a ladder having at least a first ladder rung and a second ladder rung;

a body comprising a top side, a ground side, a ladder side, and a bottom side;

the ground side extending from the top side, the ground side forming a substantially planar ground surface;

the ladder side extending from the top side, the ladder side forming a substantially planar ladder surface, and the ladder surface oriented at an acute angle in relation to the ground surface proximate to the top side;

the bottom side positioned distally from the top side and between the ground side and the ladder side;

a strap assembly having a strap having a fixed end and a detaching end, and the strap presenting a length extending between the fixed end and the detaching end that enables the strap assembly in combination with the top side to encircle the first ladder rung, wherein the fixed end is attached to the top side and the detaching end has a first aperture extending through the strap;

an anchor fixedly attached to and extending away from the ladder side, the anchor sized to extend through the first aperture and the anchor shaped to detachably couple the strap with the body; and

a semi-circular cut-out formed in the bottom side, the cut-out shaped to fit around the second ladder rung.

21. The device of claim 20, further comprising:

a second aperture extending through the strap at the detaching end; and

a second anchor fixedly attached to and extending away from the ladder side, the second anchor sized to extend through the second aperture and the second anchor shaped to detachably couple the strap with the body.

22. A device comprising:

a ladder having at least a first ladder rung and a second ladder rung;

a body comprising a top side, a ground side, a ladder side, and a bottom side;

the ground side extending from the top side, the ground side forming a substantially planar ground surface;

the ladder side extending from the top side, the ladder side forming a substantially planar ladder surface, and the ladder surface oriented at an acute angle in relation to the ground surface proximate to the top side;

the bottom side positioned distally from the top side and between the ground side and the ladder side;

a strap having a fixed end and a detaching end, and the strap presenting a length extending between the fixed end and the detaching end that enables the strap in combination with the body top side to encircle the first ladder rung, wherein the fixed end is attached to the ground side proximate to the top side and the detaching end is detachably attachable to the ladder side proximate to the top side;

a detachable coupling assembly comprising a strap element attached to the strap detaching end and a body element attached to the body, wherein the strap element and the body element are detachably attached while the strap and body top side in combination encircle the first ladder rung; and

a semi-circular cut-out formed in the bottom side, the cut-out shaped to fit around the second ladder rung.