Ladder kit

• US 4,060,150 A
• Filed: 07/19/1976
• Issued: 11/29/1977
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/1973
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Peter Hughes
• Original Assignee: Peter Hughes
• Inventors: Hughes, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Machado, Reinaldo P.
• Application Number:
  US05/706,621
• Time in Patent Office: 498 Days
• Field of Search: 182/27, 182/194, 182/228, 182/151, 182/178, 182/219, 182/118
• US Class Current: 182/151
• CPC Class Codes: E06C 1/10 Sections fitted end to end
• CPC Class Codes: E06C 1/18 with supporting struts formed as ladders E06C1/32 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E06C 1/39 Ladders having platforms; Ladders changeable into platforms platforms for use on ladders E06C7/16
• CPC Class Codes: E06C 7/081 Rungs or other treads comprising anti-slip features
• CPC Class Codes: E06C 7/083 Bracket type connection
• CPC Class Codes: E06C 7/50 Joints or other connecting parts

Abstract

A ladder kit comprises a plurality of parts from which a ladder may be constructed. The parts of the kit may be selected and assembled in a number of ways, resulting in various types of ladder structures. The main components of the assembled ladders include elongated tubular side rail sections and rectangular frame sections. The frame sections fasten the side rail sections into coplanar pairs and form the rungs of the ladder.

Claims

1. In a ladder comprising a plurality of interfitting parts which are adapted to be readily disassembled;

a plurality of elongated tubular elements,

at least one frame member, said frame member fastening by means of threaded fastening elements said tubular elements into a parallel pair of side rails of said ladder,

said frame member comprising a pair of rung holder brackets having a surface edge which abuts said side rail, wherein said fastening elements pass through said brackets and into said side rails, and wherein said rungs are fixed in said brackets and are received by second apertures in said side rails.

2. The ladder of claim 1 wherein

said side rails include third apertures and said brackets include ears which are received by said third apertures, and

said rung passing through said second apertures has an end which abuts an interior surface of said side rail.

3. The ladder of claim 1 wherein said ladder comprises a plurality of modules assembled end-to-end, each module comprising a pair of side rails and a pair of frame members, each frame member comprising a pair of rungs, the ends of the side rails on one end of said module being reduced to fit into the side rail ends of the adjacent module, and a button urged by a spring passes from said reduced end into an overfitting end of an adjacent side rail to prevent the separation thereof.

4. The ladder of claim 1 wherein beads of material fix said rungs in said brackets, one of said beads abutting one side of said bracket adjacent said first aperture, and a second of said beads abutting a second side of said bracket adjacent said first aperture, the second bead also abutting said side rail adjacent said second aperture.

8. The ladder of claim 3 including an attachment member for widening the base thereof, said attachment comprising a pair of side rail sections and a pair of brackets, said brackets fastening said side rail sections to the ladder in a plane which is common to the ladder side rails and the attachment.

9. The ladder of claim 8 wherein said side rail sections are parallel to one another and to said ladder side rails.

10. The ladder of claim 8 wherein said side rail sections are angled with respect to said ladder side rails.

5. A ladder comprising a plurality of interfitting parts, which are adapted to be readily disassembled, the parts comprising at least two modules, each module comprising a pair of elongated tubular elements forming side rails and a plurality of demountable frame members mounted to the tubular elements, each frame member being rectangular and comprising a pair of rungs, the side rails at one end of each module having a reduced end to mate with the ends of the side rails of an adjacent module, and a connecting element joining at least two modules together, the joined modules defining two distinct planes which intersect in a line above the connecting element.

6. The ladder of claim 5 wherein said connecting element includes a bridging piece, said bridging piece spacing said connected module ends remote from one another, wherein said ladder includes a flexible and windable tension element connecting together said module ends opposite said module ends opposite said bridging piece.

7. A ladder for use on a surface which is not level, said ladder comprising,

at least one module having first and second ends, said module comprising a pair of side rails and a pair of frame members, each frame member having two rungs,

a pair of J-shaped attachment members having first and second ends, the first ends of said modules being coupled to the first ends of said attachment members, wherein the distance from the second ends of the module to the top of the ladder is greater than the distance from the second ends of the attachment members resting on said surface to the top of the ladder.