Holder for paint cans

Claim 1

A SUPPORT FOR A PAINT CAN, AND COMPRISING: A MEMBER HAVING A PAIR OF PANEL WALLS FORMED AT RIGHT ANGLES TO EACH OTHER AND INTERCHANGEABLY ADAPTED TO SERVE AS A BOTTOM WALL FOR RECEIVING AND SUPPORTING A PAINT CAN THEREON AND A BACK WALL FOR RECEIVING THE PAINT CAN IN RETAINED ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH, SAID PANEL WALLS EACH INCLUDING A PAIR OF RELATIVELY SPACED ELONGATED SOLTS WHICH ARE ENLARGED NEAR THE OUTER DISPOSED ENDS OF THE PANEL WALLS, ONE OF THE PANEL WALLS HAVING THE OUTER DISPOSED TERMINAL EDGE THEREOF TURNED BACK UNDER SAID ONE PANEL WALL AND SPACED APART THEREFROM FOR RECEIVING THE RUNG OF A LADDER THEREIN, SAID ONE PANEL WALL HAVING A LENGTH, AS DISPOSED TO SERVE AS THE BACK PANEL WALL, OF LESS THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN AN ADJACENT PAIR OF LADDER RUNGS AND SUBSTANTIALLY THAT REQUIRED TO DISPOSE THE OTHER OF SAID PANEL WALLS IN SUPPORTED ENGAGEMENT AND HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED ON THE LOWER RUNG OF SAID LADDER RUNGS WHEN ENGAGED TO THE UPPER THEREOF AND WHEN THE LADDER HAS ITS RUNGS ANGULARLY DISPOSED FOR USE, MEANS DETACHABLY ENGAGED IN SAID PANEL WALL SLOTS AT THE ENLARGED ENDS THEREOF FOR HOLDING A PAINT CAN TO THE BACK WALL THEREOF, AND MEANS ENGAGED TO SAID PANEL WALLS NEAR THE JUNCTION THEREOF AND LATERALLY EXTENDABLE FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SIDE RAIL OF A LADDER FOR HOLDING THE PAINT CAN SUPPORTING BOTTOM PANEL WALL HORIZONTAL AND FIXED AGAINST THE UPSETTING MOVEMENT FORCE OF THE WEIGHT OF THE PAINT CAN THEREON.