Paint bucket support rack

Claim 1

A PAINT BUCKET SUPPORTING ATTACHMENT FOR A PAINTER''S LADDER HAVING SPACED RAILS AND INTERVENING RUNGS ATTACHED TO THE RAIL, SAID ATTACHMENT COMPRISING A BRACKET FORMED FROM A LENGTH OF STRAP METAL HAVING A VERTICAL SUSPENSION LEG AT ONE END AND A HORIZONTAL COMPLEMENTAL LEG HAVING AN INNER END JOINED TO THE LOWER END OF SAID FIRST LEG, SAID FIRST LEG BEING PROVIDED AT AN UPPER END WITH A HOOK TO BE RELEASABLY HUNG OVER A SELECTED RUNG ON SAID LADDER, THAT PORTION OF THE HORIZONTAL LEG ADJACENT TO THE VERTICAL LEG BEING ADAPTED TO EXTEND ACROSS A FORWARD EDGE OF A COOPERATING RAIL OF THE LADDER AND HAVING AN OUTER END PORTION PROJECTING WELL BEYOND THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID RAIL AND PROVIDED WITH A COLLAR, SAID COLLAR BEING ADAPTED TO SNUGLY SURROUND AND SUPPORT A PAINT BUCKET, SAID COLLAR HAVING A TERMINAL END PORTION EMBODYING A LATERAL FOOT SUPERIMPOSED UPON AND SECURED TO A SURFACE OF THE MEDIAN PORTION OF SAID HORIZONTAL LEG, AND A STABILIZING MEMBER HAVING AN UPPER END SECURED TO A MEDIAN PORTION OF THE SECOND-NAMED LEG AND HAVING ITS MAJOR PORTION DEPENDING BELOW THE LOWER EDGE OF THE SECOND LEGS, SAID STABILIZING MEMBER BEING AT AN ANGLE OBLIQUE TO THE PLANE OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND LEGS AND HAVING AN INWARD LENGTHWISE EDGE DESIGNED AND ADAPTED TO RESIDE IN FIRM CONTACT WITH A COOPERATING EXTERIOR SURFACE OF SAID RAIL.