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A COMBINATION LADDER STOOL COMPRISING, A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT BASE MEMBER HAVING A LONGITUDINALLY ELONGATED OPENING IN THE CENTER THEREOF, A PLURALITY OF LEGS CONNECTED TO SAID BASE MEMBER FOR SUPPORTING IT IN A NORMALLY HORIZONTAL POSITION, A COVER PIECE HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO ONE END OF SAID BASE MEMBER AND MOVABLE WITH RESPECT THERETO FROM A FIRST POSITION WHEREIN IT ENCLOSES SAID FRAME MEMBER TO A SECOND POSITION WHEREIN IT EXTENDS UPWARDLY FROM SAID FRAME MEMBER AT A RIGHT ANGLE, A FLAT PLATE MEMBER PIVOTALLY CONNECTED AT ONE END TO SAID COVER PIECE INTERMEDIATE ITS LENGTH, SAID PLATE MEMBER BEING ADAPTED TO LIE RECESSED WITHIN THE OPENING IN THE BASE MEMBER WHEN SAID COVER PIECE IS IN ITS FIRST POSITION, GUIDE MEANS CARRIED IN SAID BASE MEMBER ON OPPOSITE LONGITUDINAL SIDES OF THE OPENING THEREIN, A PAIR OF RODS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED AT ONE END TO THE FREE END OF SAID PLATE MEMBER AND SLIDABLY CONNECTED AT THE OTHER END TO SAID GUIDE MEANS AND BEING MOVABLE IN EACH OF TWO OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS THEREIN, THE SLIDABLY CONNECTED ENDS OF SAID RODS BEING ADAPTED TO MOVE IN SAID GUIDE MEANS IN A DIRECTION AWAY FROM THE HINGED CONNECTION OF SAID COVER PIECE WHEN IT IS MOVED TO ITS SECOND POSI-