Universally adjustable support platform for ladders

Claim 1

In a platform support for use with a ladder base, the improvement of a suspension support comprising: an elongated first member having at one end thereof a hook-shaped end comprising an angled extremity forming an apical extremity having an acute angle and wherein the interior side of the angle forms a recess of reduced diameter size to accommodate a good fit with the cylindrical rung of a rung-type ladder, and said hook-shaped further including at the end of a horizontal leg portion a vertical leg portion offset downwardly at a right angle, thereby to insure that the hook-shaped end is firmly retained in assembly with the ladder, and further characterized by the opposite end of said first member of said suspension support having a T-shaped cross-piece, and a support means connected to said T-shaped cross piece in pivotal relationship so that the said first member of said support may be pivotally adjusted through a finite angle of adjustment relative to the support means, and an adjustment means between an upper portion of said support means and an adjacent portion of said first member, said adjustment means comprising a curved bracket fastened to said first member and having an elongated slot formed therein extending through the angle of adjustment towards the support means, and locking means extending through the slot and connected to the support means, whereby the first member may be secured in selected adjusted angular positions relative to the support means in order to compensate for different angulation alignments of the ladder base, said support means comprising a generally rectangular member having a cylindrical tube-shaped part bent and formed to provide a pair of spaced parallel longitudinal legs and spaced parallel end legs, said longitudinal legs having bracket lug means connected thereto for supporting and carrying additional support members.