Paint bucket holder for extension ladders

Claim 1

A BUCKET HOLDER FOR USE WITH AN EXTENSION LADDER HAVING A PAIR OF SPACED RAILS AND A NUMBER OF SPACED RUNGS INTERCONNECTING THE RAILS, SAID HOLDER COMPRISING: A RIGID PANEL HAVING A NORMALLY UPPER EDGE AND A SIDE EDGE EXTENDING FROM SAID UPPER EDGE; A BUCKET-SUPPORTING PLATFORM; HINGE MEANS INTERCONNECTING THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID PANEL WITH THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID PLATFORM TO PERMIT PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF THE LATTER ABOUT A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL AXIS WHEN SAID PANEL IS IN AN OPERATIVE POSITION, STRUCTURE RELEASABLY INTERCONNECTING SAID UNDERSIDE OF THE PLATFORM AND SAID PANEL AT RESPECTIVE LOCATIONS THEREON SPACED FROM SAID HINGE MEANS; MEANS COUPLED TO AN EXTENDING ALONG SAID SIDE EDGE OF THE PANEL AND ADAPTED TO BE CARRIED BY ONE OF THE RAILS OF SAID LADDER FOR MOUNTING THE PANEL IN AN OPERATIVE POSITION ON SAID ONE RAIL; AND MEANS AT EACH END OF SAID MOUNTING MEANS RESPECTIVELY FOR COUPLING THE SAME TO A PROXIMAL RUNG WHEN THE MOUNTING MEANS IS CARRIED BY SAID ONE RAIL TO THEREBY PREVENT MOVEMENT OF SAID PANEL RELATIVE TO SAID LADDER.