Patents by Inventor Merman R. Meadows

Merman R. Meadows has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5181582
    Abstract: A scaffold for an A-frame ladder, including a platform for being positioned between two legs of the ladder, supported on a bottom side of the platform intermediate two opposing ends thereof by a rung of the ladder and extending outwardly from opposite sides of the ladder. The scaffold includes a first strut pivotally attached to the bottom side of the platform adjacent one end thereof and extending diagonally downward for engagement with a rung of the ladder below the rung supporting the bottom side of the platform, and a second strut pivotally attached to the bottom side of the platform adjacent the other end and extending diagonally downward for engagement with the rung of the ladder with which the first strut is engaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1993
    Inventor: Merman R. Meadows