Abstract: A ladder and a multipurpose ladder whose rungs and rails are made out of 7000 series aluminum alloy and which has a duty rating of at least 250 lbs. A method for producing a ladder. A method for using a ladder.

Abstract: A multi-purpose ladder with improved rungs has two ladder sections, and each of the ladder sections comprises two inner rails attached with inner rungs and two outer rails attached with outer rungs. Each of the inner rungs is composed of an upper rung member, a square pipe shaped intermediate rung member, and a lower rung member. The upper rung member and the lower rung member each have a slant pedal section and two support sections. The two support sections join the upper and lower side of the intermediate rung member and the slant pedal section. The slant pedal section inclines an angle corresponding to the outer rungs such that the inner rungs provide strong strength for being stepped on.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a rail for a ladder. The method may include pultruding in a longitudinal direction, a rail having a selected cross-sectional shape. The rail may then be cut to a predetermined length at a distal end. A force may be applied, in a lateral direction, to the rail to form a curvature therein. The curvature may be characterized by a flared portion, a straight portion, and a curved region providing the transition therebetween. The rail may be held at the desired curvature for a time selected for the rail to take on the curvature substantially permanently. The force may then be removed and the rail may be assembled into a ladder.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a rail for a ladder. The method may include pultruding in a longitudinal direction, a rail having a selected cross-sectional shape. The rail may then be cut to a predetermined length at a distal end. A force may be applied, in a lateral direction, to the rail to form a curvature therein. The curvature may be characterized by a flared portion, a straight portion, and a curved region providing the transition therebetween. The rail may be held at the desired curvature for a time selected for the rail to take on the curvature substantially permanently. The force may then be removed and the rail may be assembled into a ladder.

Abstract: An adjustable-height stepladder has an upper-front frame and an upper-rear frame interconnected by a top member. The upper-front frame and the upper-rear frame each have an elongate slide track. A lower-front frame, wider than the upper-front frame and positioned centrally rearward thereof, has a pair of rails, each having a slide mechanism slidingly engageable with the slide track of the corresponding upper-front frame rail. A lower-rear frame, wider than the upper-rear frame and positioned centrally forward thereof, has a pair of rails, each having a slide mechanism slidingly engageable with the slide track of the corresponding upper-rear frame rail. Each slide mechanism has a hinged swing arm and a biasing spring, the combination of which allows the slide mechanisms to engage the slide tracks although the lateral distance between the upper-frame rails and their corresponding lower-frame rails may vary.

Abstract: The invention relates to a jointed ladder comprising two ladder elements connected by a joint. According to the invention a telescopic ladder element is supported movably on each ladder element and can be locked by means of a locking mechanism in order to be able to adjust the jointed ladder to different operating heights. The jointed ladder of the invention can be utilized for all purposes.

Abstract: A folding step ladder of multipart construction that is extendable from a standard base height to a series of heights incrementally greater than the standard base height, and that is composed of four ladder elements; an upper-front element joined to an upper-rear element at a top hinge-step, a lower-front element slidingly joined to the upper-front element along its length, and a lower-rear element slidingly joined to the upper-rear element along its length. The lower elements captively slide along the length of their corresponding upper element and are capable of being held at a particular incremental extension by a latch arrangement that engages the upper element when downward force is exerted on the ladder.

Abstract: A combination folding ladder and height adjustable scaffold, comprises (a) a first assembly including a first leg and a second leg, each formed by an outer and inner telescoping member, and outer and inner rungs which connect the outer and inner telescoping members in substantially parallel, spaced apart relation; (b) a second assembly including a third leg and a fourth leg, each formed by an outer and inner telescoping member, and outer and inner rungs which connect the outer and inner telescoping legs of the third and fourth legs in substantially parallel, spaced apart relation; (c) positioning joints removably secured to upper ends of the for pivotally securing the first and second assemblies together; (d) a height adjustment assembly for varying the heights of the legs; and (e) a scaffold platform for use with the combination when the positioning joints are removed from the legs and the first and second assemblies are separated, the scaffold platform including a flat rectangular board, U-shaped supports a

Abstract: A walking ladder is provided and consists of a spring loaded tripod suspended from a step ladder which converts the step ladder into a self moving support. A person standing on the step ladder can shift their weight from the ladder to the tripod and then back onto the ladder while always remaining on the ladder so as to reposition the ladder anywhere in the immediate area of the tripod.

Abstract: A stepladder of the folding freestanding type has steps only toward the upper end thereof and has a step deficient region toward the lower end thereof for receiving a smaller stepladder in nesting relation therewith so that the steps of the smaller stepladder provide user access to the steps of the larger stepladder. A nested sequence of such stepladders with all except the smallest one of that sequence being step deficient in a lower region may include several such ladders thereby providing the user with the option of selecting a ladder of a desired height from among several possible heights with the required storage space for the several ladders being the same as the required storage for space for a single ladder of the greatest height. Braces, supports and locking arrangements for fastening each ladder within the step deficient region of the next larger ladder are also disclosed.

Abstract: An adjustable sawhorse having a work platform removably mounted atop two pairs of side rails. A pair of hinges connect the side rails of each side rail pair at one end thereof. The hinges may be selectively locked or unlocked to accommodate folding and unfolding of the sawhorse from a folded configuration to an upright configuration and vice versa. Each pair of side rails is also slidably mounted on another pair of side rails to accommodate extension thereof. Locking handles are provided for each extensible set of side rails so that they may be locked into one or more extended positions. Steps are mounted between each pair of side rails to enhance the versatility and use of the sawhorse.

Abstract: A combination step and extension ladder is disclosed. Hinges are provided on each of the side rails of the ladder so that the ladder may be folded and unfolded from a step ladder configuration to a straight extension ladder configuration and vice versa. Additional side rails are provided which are telescopically mounted so that the ladder can be extended to increase its height in either of the step ladder or extension ladder configurations. Each of the ladder rungs are provided with two flat stepping surfaces which are symmetrically angularly oriented with respect to the side rails of the ladder so that at least one of the surfaces of each rung will present an essentially horizontal stepping surface whenever the ladder is in an upright position, either as a step ladder or as an extension ladder, and irrespective of which end of the side rails the ladder is standing on.