Ladder-mountable toolbox

• US 20060163003A1
• Filed: 01/21/2005
• Published: 07/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Was Designs LLC
• Original Assignee: Was Designs LLC
• Inventors: Wigstrom, John Sr.
• Application Number:
  US11/040,207
• Publication Number:
  US 20060163003A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 182/129
• CPC Class Codes: E06C 7/14 Holders for pails or other equipment on or for ladders

Abstract

A toolbox for use with a foldable stepladder has a housing and a top plate with a peripheral lip extending above the top plate for retaining objects placed on the top plate. The housing may have one enclosure or, a different embodiment, a pair of housing portions secured on opposite sides of the top plate. When the toolbox has two housing portions a central plate defining the top plate rests on a top step of a ladder. In the embodiment using one enclosure, the toolbox is hooked to an underside of an upper step and is positioned in a cantilevered fashion below the top step.

Claims

1. A toolbox mountable on a ladder having a pair of parallel front legs, a pair of parallel back legs, a top step, and an upper step located below the top step, the tool box comprising:

a housing means for retaining auxiliary accessories, said housing means comprising a top plate, said top plate being recessed in relation to a top edge of the housing means to thereby define a peripheral lip formed about the top edge of the housing means.

2. The toolbox of claim 1, further comprising a carrying handle pivotally secured to said top plate.

3. The toolbox of claim 1, wherein the housing means comprises a first housing portion and a second housing portion secured on opposite side of the top plate.

4. The toolbox of claim 1, wherein the top plate is configured to rest on the top step of the ladder.

5. The toolbox of claim 3, wherein the first housing portion and the second housing portion is each configured to be suspended on opposite sides of the top plate.

6. The toolbox of claim 3, wherein the first housing portion and the second housing portion are each provided with an inner vertical wall secured to respective sides of the top plate, each of said inner walls being configured to extend downwardly from said top plate along legs of the ladder.

7. The toolbox of claim 3, wherein the first housing portion and the second housing portion is each provided with a closed bottom and an open top.

8. The toolbox of claim 1, wherein said housing means comprises a container having a closed bottom and an open top, and wherein the top plate forms a cover for covering the open top.

9. The toolbox of claim 8, wherein said container has a pair of opposing side walls, and wherein a groove is formed in each of said side walls below the top edge for slidably detachably receiving the cover therein.

10. The toolbox of claim 8, further comprising an engagement bracket secured to a bottom of said container.

11. The toolbox of claim 10, wherein said engagement bracket has a generally L-shaped cross-section.

12. The toolbox of claim 10, wherein said engagement bracket is configured for engaging the upper step of said ladder.

13. The toolbox of claim 10, wherein said container is sized and shaped to be cantilevered between the upper step and the top step of the ladder.

14. The toolbox of claim 13, wherein said container further comprises a front wall and a rear wall, and wherein said front wall is oriented below the rear wall when the container is secured on the ladder.

15. The toolbox of claim 1, further comprising a secondary container configured for positioning on said ladder below said housing means.

16. A toolbox mountable on a ladder having a pair of parallel front legs, a pair of parallel back legs, a top step, and an upper step located below the top step, the tool box comprising:

a housing means for retaining auxiliary accessories, said housing means comprising a top plate with a foldable handle, a first housing portion and a second housing portion, said top plate being recessed in relation to a top edge of the housing means to thereby define a peripheral lip formed about the top edge of the housing means, and wherein the the first housing portion and the second housing portion are each secured on opposite sides of the top plate.

17. The toolbox of claim 16, wherein the first housing portion and the second housing portion are each provided with an inner vertical wall secured to respective sides of the top plate, each of said inner walls being configured to extend downwardly from said top plate along legs of the ladder.

18. The toolbox of claim 16, wherein the top plate is configured to rest on the top step of the ladder.

19. A toolbox mountable on a ladder having a pair of parallel front legs, a pair of parallel back legs, a top step, and an upper step located below the top step, the tool box comprising:

a housing with an open top and a closed bottom,

a slidable cover recessed in relation to a top edge of the housing, the top edge of the housing defining a peripheral lip extending above the cover; and

a generally hook-shaped securing member for securing the housing to an upper step of the ladder below the top step.

20. The toolbox of claim 19, further comprising a handle pivotally secured on said cover.