Stand-off ladder bracket

Claim 1

A BRACKET FOR ATTACHMENT TO A LADDER HAVING SIDE PIECES AND LATERALLY EXTENDING RUNGS, COMPRISING A BASE MEMBER ARRANGED TO EXTEND LATERALLY WITH RESPECT TO A LADDER, SAID BASE MEMBER BEING LONGER THAN THE LATERAL DIMENSION OF THE LADDER AND ARRANGED TO ABUT THE REAR EDGES OF THE SIDE PIECES OF THE LADDER, A PAIR OF ELONGATED SUPPORT MEMBERS EACH HAVING AN INTERMEDIATE SECTION SECURED TO THE BASE MEMBER ADJACENT THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE LATTER, ONE END SECTION OF EACH SUPPORT MEMBER EXTENDING UPWARD FROM THE INTERMEDIATE SECTION AND HAVING A HOOK AT ITS TERMINAL END ARRANGED TO ENGAGE A RUNG OF THE LADDER ABOVE THE BASE MEMBER, THE OPPOSITE END SECTION OF EACH SUPPORT MEMBER EXTENDING REARWARD FROM THE INTERMEDIATE SECTION AND FORMING A SUPPORTING LEG, A CLAMP ROD SLIDABLY CONNECTED TO SAID BASE MEMBER AND HAVING A HOOK END ARRANGED TO ENGAGE UNDER A RUNG OF THE LADDER BELOW THE RUNG ENGAGED BY THE SUPPORT MEMBER HOOKS, AND TIGHTENING MEANS INTERENGAGED BETWEEN THE CLAMP ROD AND BASE MEMBER TO DRAW SAID SUPPORT MEMBER HOOKS AND CLAMP ROD HOOK TOGETHER TO CLAMP SAID BRACKET ON THE LADDER WITH THE BASE MEMBER IN STATIONARY ABUTMENT AGAINST THE REAR EDGES THEREOF.