Handy man{3 s tool box and ladder accessory

Claim 2

A portable storage box for attachment to a rung-type ladder comprising, in combination, a boxlike structure having a generally open front portion, a top and a bottom portion, a pair of vertical sidewalls, each of said sidewalls having a notched portion therein for receiving a ladder rung therein, and a pair of parallel arms pivotally mounted on said structure to swing relative to said structure and adjustably engageable with another ladder rung wherEby said structure is removably attached to said ladder and said structure assumes a position in which the top and bottom portions thereof are generally parallel to the ground in varying angular positions of the ladder.

Claim 3

A portable storage box structure, as recited in claim 1, wherein said pair of parallel arms are pivotally mounted on said respective vertical sidewalls of said structure adjacent the upper ends of said arms and depend generally downwardly and outwardly from said structure.

Claim 4

A portable storage box, as recited in claim 2, wherein a stop means extends between said arms adjacent the lower ends thereof and is engageable with said structure to limit the downward and rearward swinging movement of said arms relative to said structure.

Claim 5

A portable storage box, as recited in claim 2, wherein said arms are provided with a plurality of notched portions adjacent one end thereof for adjustably receiving another of the ladder rungs.

Claim 6

A portable storage box structure, as recited in claim 1, wherein handle means is pivotally mounted on said structure, said handle means comprising a pair of arms pivotally mounted on respective vertical sidewalls and a rung extending between said arms, said handle arms being so mounted with respect to said ladder engaging arms that said handle arms engage said ladder engaging arms to limit downward and rearward travel of said handle means with respect to said structure.

Claim 7

A portable storage box for attachment to a rung-type ladder comprising, in combination, a boxlike structure having a generally open front portion, a pair of vertical sidewalls, each of said sidewalls having recesses therein for receiving a ladder rung therein, a pair of parallel arms pivotally mounted adjacent the upper ends of said arms on respective vertical sidewalls for swinging movement with respect to said structure, said arms extending generally downwardly and outwardly of said structure for adjustable engagement with another ladder rung and a handle means pivotally mounted on said structure and engageable with said ladder engaging arms to limit rearward and downward travel of said handle means with respect to said structure.

Claim 8

A portable storage box for attachment to a rung-type ladder comprising, in combination, a boxlike structure having a generally open front portion, a pair of vertical sidewalls, each of said sidewalls having recesses therein for receiving a ladder rung therein, a pair of parallel arms pivotally mounted adjacent the upper ends of said arms on respective vertical sidewalls for swinging movement with respect to said structure, said arms extending generally downwardly and outwardly of said structure for adjustable engagement with another ladder rung and a handle means pivotally mounted on said structure and engageable with said ladder engaging arms to limit rearward and downward travel of said handle means with respect to said structure.

Claim 9

A portable storage box, as recited in claim 6, wherein said ladder engaging arms are provided with a plurality of notches at the other ends thereof for selective engagement with another ladder rung and stop means extending between said arms, said stop means being engageable with said structure to limit downward and rearward travel of said arms relative to said structure when said structure is out of attachment with a ladder.