MULTI-TOOL LADDER TOP

• US 20090283361A1
• Filed: 05/19/2008
• Published: 11/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Louisville Ladder Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Louisville Ladder Incorporated
• Inventors: Gomez Lopez, Abraham, GIBSON, Donald L.
• Application Number:
  US12/123,436
• Publication Number:
  US 20090283361A1
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: E06C 7/48 Ladder heads; Supports for heads of ladders for resting against objects ladders attachable to structures such as poles E06C1/34

Abstract

A ladder top has a top panel, a groove formed in the top panel, a first drill hole formed in the top panel adjacent the groove, a second drill hole formed in the top panel, a magnet box formed in the top panel adjacent the groove, and a magnet positioned in the magnet box. The groove extends from the first side of the top panel to the second side of the top panel. The groove has a flat portion and an angular portion. The flat portion has a first portion and a second portion. The angular portion is positioned between the first portion and the second portion of the flat portion. The angular portion has a generally V-shape. The first drill hole and the second drill hole are polygonal in shape.

Claims

1. A ladder top comprising:

a top panel; and

a groove formed in said top panel, said groove having a flat portion and an angular portion.

2. The ladder top of claim 1, further comprising:

a first drill hole formed in said top panel adjacent said groove, said first drill hole having a polygonal shape; and

a second drill hole formed in said top panel, said second drill hole having a polygonal shape.

3. The ladder top of claim 2, further comprising:

a magnet box formed in said top panel adjacent said groove; and

a magnet positioned in said magnet box.

4. The ladder top of claim 1, said top panel having a first side and a second side, said groove extending from said first side to said second side of said top panel.

5. The ladder top of claim 1, said flat portion of said groove having a first portion and a second portion.

6. The ladder top of claim 5, said angular portion of said groove being positioned between said first portion and said second portion, said angular portion having a generally V-shape.

7. The ladder top of claim 2, said polygonal shape of said first drill hole having eight sides.

8. The ladder top of claim 2, said polygonal shape of said second drill hole having six sides.

9. The ladder top of claim 1, further comprising:

a first recessed pan having a circular shape, said angular portion of said groove extending into said first recessed pan; and

a second recessed pan concentrically positioned in said first recessed pan, said top panel having a first drill hole formed in a center of said first recessed pan and in a center of said second recessed pan.

10. An apparatus comprising:

a ladder having an upper end;

a ladder top affixed over said upper end, said ladder top having a top panel; and

a groove formed in said top panel, said groove having a flat portion and an angular portion.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising:

a first drill hole formed in said top panel adjacent said groove, said first drill hole having a polygonal shape; and

a second drill hole formed in said top panel, said second drill hole having a polygonal shape.

12. The ladder top of claim 11, further comprising:

a magnet box formed in said top panel adjacent said groove; and

a magnet positioned in said magnet box.

13. The ladder top of claim 10, said top panel having a first side and a second side, said groove extending from said first side to said second side of said top panel.

14. The ladder top of claim 10, said flat portion of said groove having a first portion and a second portion.

15. The ladder top of claim 14, said angular portion of said groove being positioned between said first portion and said second portion, said angular portion having a generally V-shape.

16. The ladder top of claim 11, said polygonal shape of said first drill hole having eight sides.

17. The ladder top of claim 11, said polygonal shape of said second drill hole having six sides.

18. The ladder top of claim 10, further comprising:

a first recessed pan having a circular shape, said angular portion of said groove extending into said first recessed pan; and

a second recessed pan concentrically positioned in said first recessed pan, said first drill hole formed in a center of said first recessed pan and in a center of said second recessed pan.