IP Library Granted Patent US 9,850,706
Granted Patent B2
US 9,850,706 · App. 13/901,245 · Granted Dec 26, 2017

Trade based component case and ladder bucket

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Patent No.
US 9,850,706
App. No.
13/901,245
Granted
Dec 26, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A ladder system includes a ladder having a ladder top, the ladder top having at least a first slot. A container having at least a first protrusion that engages with the first slot to hold the container to the top. A method for working from a ladder. The method includes the steps of filling a container with objects and engaging a first protrusion of the container with a first slot of a top of the ladder to hold a container to the top.

Claims (6)

1. A method for working from a ladder comprising the steps of:

filling a container with objects, the container having a top with an opening which defines a container plane; and

engaging a first protrusion extending vertically with respect to the top of the container with a first slot extending vertically with respect to the ladder top to hold the container to the ladder top, the ladder top having a periphery and a front with a front facing edge and a rear in spaced relation to the front and essentially in parallel with the front, the front essentially in parallel and disposed over a front section of the ladder, the rear essentially in parallel and disposed over a rear section of the ladder, the ladder top having the first slot having an opening in the periphery disposed on the front facing edge, the front section having a plurality of rails and rungs and the rear section having a plurality of rails and rungs, the rails of the front section directly attached to the ladder top and the rails of the rear section directly attached to the ladder top, the periphery of the ladder top at the ladder top's top defining a ladder top plane, the container plane and the ladder top plane in alignment and alongside each other to define an overall plane when the first protrusion of the container is engaged with the first slot of ladder top, the plurality of rails of the front section including a right front rail, said right front rail is attached to an inside of a right flange of the ladder top, the right flange disposed between and attached to the front and the rear and extends down from the periphery, the plurality of rails of the rear section including a rear right rail, said rear right rail is attached to the inside of the right flange.

2. A method as described in claim 1 wherein the engaging step includes the step of engaging a second protrusion of the container with a second slot of the ladder top to hold the container to the ladder top.

3. A method as described in claim 2 including the step of carrying the container by its handle up the ladder.

4. A method as described in claim 3 wherein the container is a case, and there is the step of opening a first portion of the case to access the objects in a second portion of the case.

Assignments (13)
TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS RECORDED AT REEL 064126, FRAME 0396 Recorded Jun 16, 2025
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: WERNER CO.
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TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS RECORDED AT REEL 063958, FRAME 0740 Recorded Jun 16, 2025
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: WERNER CO.
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2025
From: WERNER CO.
To: ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS RECORDED AT REEL 064205, FRAME 0636 Recorded Jun 16, 2025
From: WILLA FINCO II SARL
To: WERNER CO.
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2023
From: WERNER CO.
To: WILLA FINCO II SARL (FORMERLY TRITON V LUXCO 95 SARL)
Reel/Frame 064205/0636 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2023
From: WERNER CO.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 12, 2023
From: WERNER CO.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS AT R/F 043328/0001 Recorded Jun 12, 2023
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: KNAACK LLC; WERNER CO.; WERNER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (TERM LOAN) Recorded Jul 25, 2017
From: KNAACK LLC; WERNER CO.; WERNER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT IN RESPECT OF THE TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT
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PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (ABL) Recorded Jul 25, 2017
From: KNAACK LLC; WERNER CO.; WERNER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT IN RESPECT OF THE ABL CREDIT AGREEMENT
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COLLATERAL Recorded Jul 24, 2017
From: WERNER CO.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COLLATERAL Recorded Jul 24, 2017
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: WERNER CO.
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 11, 2014
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To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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