Ladder attachment for use by painters

Claim 2

An attachment for connecting a container for a liquid to one side of a ladder having tubular metal rungs, said attachment including a rigid member of a length and cross sectional dimensions providing an anchor portion to be freely inserted in a selected end of a selected one of the ladder rungs and a support portion then to extend laterally of the ladder, and a container holder suspended from the support portion said holder including a base and wall structure including opposite portions and rigidly connected thereto to said support portion with the center of gravity of the holder in vertical alignment with a plane inclusive of the mid points of said opposite portions and the center of said base also incusive of the axis of said support portion whereby when a container with liquid therein is connected to the ladder by the insertion of the anchor portion in the selected rung, said anchor portion is held in frictional engagement with the rung and said plane is vertical.

Claim 3

The attachment of claim 1 in which the wall structure includes side walls and said opposite portions are end walls, and said side walls spaced sufficiently below the anchor portion to enable a container to be entered in the holder and seated on said base.

Claim 4

The attachment of claim 1 in which the base is substantially square.

Claim 5

In combination, a container for a liquid such as a paint or a stain, said container consisting of the bottom portion of a plastic container such as a one gallon milk container and an attachment for connecting said container to one side of a ladder having tubular metal rungs, said attachment including a rigid member of a length and cross sectional dimensions providing an anchor portion to be freely inserted in a selected end of a selected one of the ladder rungs and a support portion then to extend laterally of the ladder, and a container holder suspended from the support portion, said holder including a base and wall structure, said wall structure including opposite portions rigidly connected to the support portion with the center of of the base in vertical alignment with a plane inclusive of the axis of said support portion and said holder confining the container against any appreciable movement relative thereto, said wall structure shaped and disposed to enable a container to be seated in said holder below the support portion, whereby when a container with liquid therein is connected to the ladder by the insertion of the anchor portion in a selected rung, said anchor portion is held by the weight thereof in frictional engagement with the rung and said plane is vertical.

Claim 6

In combination, a container for a liquid such as a paint or a stain, said container consisting of the bottom portion of a plastic container such as a one gallon milk container and an attachment for connecting said container to one side of a ladder having tubular metal rungs, said attachment including a rigid member of a length and cross sectional dimensions providing an anchor portion to be freely inserted in a selected end of a selected one of the ladder rungs and a support portion then to extend laterally of the ladder, and a container holder suspended from the support portion, said holder including a base and wall structure, said wall structure including opposite portions rigidly connected to the support portion with the center of of the base in vertical alignment with a plane inclusive of the axis of said support portion and said holder confining the container against any appreciable movement relative thereto, said wall structure shaped and disposed to enable a container to be seated in said holder below the support portion, whereby when a container with liquid therein is connected to the ladder by the insertion of the anchor portion in a selected rung, said anchor portion is held by the weight thereof in frictional engagement with the rung and said plane is vertical.