Protable platform step for stepladders

Claim 1

A PLATFORM STEP FOR STEPLADDERS HAVING FLAT STEPS, COMPRISING AN EXTENSIBLE AUXILIARY STEP DEVICE ADAPTED TO BE POSITIONED ADJACENT TO AND ON THE LEVEL OF A PERMANENT AND FIXED FLAT LADDER STEP TO COOPERATE WITH SAID FLAT LADDER STEP TO FORM A PLATFORM SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER IN WIDTH THAN THE ORIGINAL FLAT LADDER STEP, AND MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID DEVICE ON THE LEGS OF THE LADDER COMPRISING BRACKETS MOVABLY CONNECTED ONE TO EACH END OF SAID STEP DEVICE, SAID BRACKETS HAVING FLAT PORTIONS ADAPTED TO FIT AGAINST THE ADJACENT LEGS OF THE LADDER AND WRAP AROUND FLANGES EXTENDING FROM THE FORWARD EDGES OF SAID FLAT PORTIONS AND AROUND THE FRONT EDGE OF THE LADDER LEGS, SAID FLAT PORTIONS HAVING DOWNWARDLY OPENING SLOTS THEREIN SPACED AWAY FROM AND PARALLEL TO SAID WRAPAROUND PORTIONS, AND ADAPTED TO HAVE THEIR UPPER ENDS REST UPON FIXED PIN MEMBERS ON THE LADDER LEGS ABOVE A STEP SO THAT THE WEIGHT ON THE AUXILIARY STEP IS CARRIED BY THE PINS AND THE POINTS OF CONTACT OF THE WRAP-AROUND PORTIONS OF THE BRACKET ON THE LADDER LEGS.