Perch for a ladder

Claim 1

A PERCH FOR USE ON A LADDER COMPRISING A PLATFORM, ARMS ATTACHED TO SAID PLATFORM AND EXTENDING THEREFROM GENERALLY AT RIGHT ANGLES THERETO, A BAR, SAID BEING FIXED TO THE DISTAL END OF SAID ARMS, THE ENDS OF SAID BAR EXTENDING OUTWARDLY A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE BEYOND THE OUTER SIDES OF SAID ARMS AND ADAPTED TO OVERLIE THE SIDE RAILS OF A LADDER, HOOKS, SAID HOOKS BEING ATTACHED TO SAID PLATFORM AT SPACED POSITIONS THEREON, SAID HOOKS HAVING A SURFACE ADJACENT SAID ARMS GENERALLY PARALLEL THERETO AND SPACED THEREFROM AND ADAPTED TO RECIEVE A LADDER RUNG THEREBETWEEN, A CATCH SWINGABLY ATTACHED TO SAID HOOKS TO THE DISTAL END THEREOF AND ADAPTED TO SWING UNDER SAID RUNG TO HOLD SAID HOOKS AGAINST MOVEMENT FROM SAID LADDER, SAID PLATFORM AND ARMS BEING MADE OF SHEET LIKE MATERIAL WITH SAID ARMS INTEGRALLY ATTACHED TO SAID PLATFORM, A PORTION OF SAID PLATFORM BEING BENT DOWNWARDLY TO A POSITION AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID PLATFORM, FORMING REINFORCEMENT TO SAID PLATFORM, SAID CATCH HAVING A LATERALLY EXTENDING LEVER THEREON WHICH OVERLIES THE REAR SURFACES OF SAID HOOKS, AND A SPRING AFFIXED TO SAID HOOKS WHICH ENGAGES SAID LEVER, URGING SAID CATCH TO A POSITION TO OVERLIE A LADDER RUNG.