Paint can holder

Claim 1

A PAINT CAN HOLDER HAVING A MOUNTING BRACKET HAVING INNER AND OUTER SIDE MEMBERS SPACED APART FOR RECEIVING A LADDER RAIL THEREBETWEEN, THE INNER ONE OF SAID SIDE MEMBERS HAVING A FORWARD FOOT EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY THEREFROM FOR EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY ON THE FORWARD SIDE OF A LADDER STEP, SAID BRACKET HAVING A REARWARD PORTION INTERCONNECTING SAID SIDE MEMBERS AND ADAPTED TO ENGAGE A FORWARD SIDE OF A RESPECTIVE RAIL, A BAND CLAMP ATTACHED TO SAID BRACKET, SAID BAND CLAMP BEING ANNULAR AND HAVING AN INNER WALL DEFINING A NORMALLY VERTICAL PAINT CAN RECEIVING CIRCULAR OPENING THERETHROUGH, WHEREBY WHEN SAID BAND CLAMP IS TIGHTENED ABOUT THE SIDE OF A PAINT CAN THE PAINT CAN IS FIRMLY HELD, SAID FLEXIBLE BAND CLAMP BEING SUBSTANTIALLY DISPOSED ADJACENT THE OUTER SIDE OF THE OUTER ONE OF SAID SIDE MEMBERS SO THAT A PAINT CAN WILL HANG IN USE ALONGSIDE A LADDER AT THE OUTER SIDE OF THE RESPECTIVE SAID LADDER RAIL, SAID FLEXIBLE BAND CLAMP HAVING A BAND PORTION HAVING A FREE END AND A FIXED END, SAID FIXED END OF SAID FLEXIBLE BAND CLAMP BEING ATTACHED TO THE OUTER ONE OF SAID SIDE MEMBERS, SAID FLEXIBLE BAND CLAMP HAVING TWO RELEASABLE AND SEPARATE INTERLOCKING PORTIONS ONE OF WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE REARWARD INTERCONNECTING PORTION OF SAID BRACKET AND THE OTHER OF WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE FREE END OF SAID BAND, SAID BAND CLAMP BEING OF THE TOGGLE TYPE SO AS TO FACILITATE THE RAPID AND EASY INSERTION OF A PAINT CAN INTO SAID BAND WHILE SAID CLAMP IS IN RELEASED POSITION.