IP Library Granted Patent US 9,790,740
Granted Patent B2
US 9,790,740 · App. 13/999,892 · Granted Oct 17, 2017

Paint bucket step ladder hook with design handle

Inventors: Stephen Albert Bardill (Sterling Heights, MI); Vito Monteleone (Sterling Heights, MI)
E06C7/14E06C7/146
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,790,740
App. No.
13/999,892
Granted
Oct 17, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A step ladder step hook ( 110 ) and 45 degree offset horizontal frame ( 112 ) intersect to create an embodiment for a vertical thumb rest ( 114 ) and vertical handle ( 116 ). This handle makes it faster, safer, and easy for a user to move a can of paint or utility bucket from step to step on a step ladder. Left- or right-handed painters can maneuver their can of paint or utility bucket with our unique easy to grip handle. A lower vertical hook ( 118 ) will easily hook to a can of paint or utility bucket. The step ladder hook ( 110 ) will simply be hung to the step ladder step through the easy to grip handle.

Claims (1)

1. A paint bucket step ladder hook assembly for suspending a paint bucket to a step ladder comprising: an upper horizontal hook and a lower vertical hook intersecting at an upper end of a shank of the lower vertical hook and a shank of the upper horizontal hook, the lower vertical hook having protuberances forming a vertical design hook grip handle integrated into the lower vertical hook; wherein the upper horizontal hook is configured for suspension from a step ladder step, and the lower vertical hook is configured for supporting a paint bucket; wherein the lower vertical hook and the upper horizontal hook are a one-piece design and connected to the vertical design hook grip handle, an upper end of the vertical design grip handle is integrally formed and connected to a lower end of a vertical thumb rest, the vertical thumb rest formed and connected to a 45 degree offset horizontal frame; wherein the 45 degree offset horizontal frame is integrally formed and connected to the upper horizontal hook.

Continuity (1)
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