Stepladder-scaffold combination

Claim 1

A COMBINED STEPLADDER-SCAFFOLD ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING A FOLDABLE STEPLADDER TO REST FIRMLY ON A FLAT SURFACE WHEN IN A FUNDOLDED STATE, A FIRST CHANNEL WIDER THAN SAID LADDER AND ADAPTED TO BE DISPOSED IN A PLANE PARALLEL TO SAID SURFACE, SAID FIRST CHANNEL HAVING A FIRST PLATFORM POSITION SUBSTANTIALLY CONTINUOUS WITH THE TOP OF SAID LADDER AND FIRST SIDE WALLS EXTENDING FROM SAID FIRST PLATFORM PORTION AND RECEIVING A PORTION OF SAID TOP THEREBETWEEN, A SECOND CHANNEL SUFFICIENTLY NARROWER THAN SAID FIRST CHANNEL TO BE NESTABLY SLIDABLE INTO SAID FIRST CHANNEL, SAID SECOND CHANNEL BEING ADAPTED TO BE DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID FLAT SURFACE AND HAVING A SECOND PLATFORM PORTION AND SECOND SIDE WALLS ONE END OF SAID SECOND CHANNEL BEING NORMALLY RECEIVED IN THE END PORTION OF SAID FIRST CHANANEL, SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLATFORM PORTIONS CONSTITUTING AN EXTENSIBLE PLATFORM, AND UPRIGHT SUPPORT MEANS CARRIED BY SAID CHANNELS FOR SUPPORTING AND EXTENSIBLE PLATFORM, SAID LAST NAMED MEANS COMPRISING A FIRST SUPPORT LOCATED AT THE JUNCTION OF THE FIRST AND SECOND CHANNELS, AND FIRST SUPPORT PIVOTALLY ATTACHED TO THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID FIRST SIDEWALLS SUBSTANTIALLY AT SAID JUNCTION AND A SECOND SUPPORT LOCATED AT THE OTHER END OF SAID SECOND CHANNEL, SAID SECOND SUPPORT PIVOTALLY ATTACHED TO THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID SECOND SIDEWALLS SUBSTANTIALLY AT THE OTHER END OF SAID CHANNEL, SAID SECOND PLATFORM PORTION SLIGHTLY EXCEEDING IN LENGTH THAT OF SAID FIRST PORTION, SAID SECOND SUPPORT SLIGHTLY EXCEEDING IN LENGTH THAT OF SAID FIRST SUPPORT, EACH OF SAID PLATFORM PORTIONS AND SAID UPRIGHTS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL IN LENGTH OF SAID LADDER.